DMTIP COORDINATING COMMITTEE

The principal mechanism used for developing the Delaware-Muncie Transportation Improvement Program (DMTIP) is a special advisory committee of the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission called the DMTIP Coordinating Committee. The committee also assists in the development of transportation system management strategies, thus creating continuity in the planning process and implementation. The committee membership is comprised of the following:

  • - Muncie Board of Works
  • - Delaware County Engineering Office
  • - Representative, Town of Selma
  • - Town Manager, Town of Yorktown
  • - Manager, Muncie Indiana Transit System
  • - Executive Director, Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission
  • - Principal Planner, Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission
  • - Transportation Planner, Delaware- Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission

Since the committee does not include local decision makers in the development stages of the DMTIP, it is an implied responsibility of the individual members to obtain input from this group throughout the process. This does not exempt the established planning procedures for review and endorsement; but is intended to ensure the policy-makers an active role in the DMTIP development process from its inception.

The primary input of the committee is in the annual preparation of the three-year transportation improvement program/annual element, which describes all proposed transportation systems development in the Delaware-Muncie area. In order to accomplish this task in a fashion that addresses the area's needs and fulfills all federal requirements, it is necessary to:

(1) determine area-wide goals and objectives; (2) identify area-wide priorities for the program period; (3) determine appropriate actions to fulfill area-wide priorities; (4) identify transportation improvements to be implemented during the program period; (5) indicate the area's priority on each improvement; (6) group improvements of similar urgency and anticipated staging into appropriate staging periods; and (7) indicate realistic estimates of total cost and revenues for the program period.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To ensure that the annual development of the DMTIP is consistent with the ends to which the Delaware-Muncie area aspires, a set of transportation goals and objectives was adopted by the DMTIP Coordinating Committee. The goals and objectives are intended to help establish policy guidelines for planning implementation and identify specific community needs as a focal point for project selection.

The goals and objectives adopted by the committee were developed and approved as a part of the 2018-2045 Delaware-Muncie Transportation Plan. They are as shown on the next page:

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