The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is metropolitan Chicago's agenda of surface transportation projects. The TIP lists federally funded projects and regionally significant, non-federally funded projects planned for implementation in the upcoming years. The TIP is updated at each meeting of the CMAP Transportation Committee. The TIP is a tool for multi-jurisdictional communication and public information. It helps both the transportation community and the general public track the use of local, state, and federal transportation funds. The TIP also affects a regional transportation needs assessment and decision making process. This helps MPO members, other transportation implementers, and planning organizations in establishing a transportation program that reflects the goals of the 2030 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), the region's long range transportation plan.  Read more about the program in this FY 2007-2012 Transportation Improvement brochure. 

FY 2007-2012 TIP

• FY 2007–2012 TIP was approved by the United States Department of Transportation on October 16, 2006.   Other approvals include:
  • IDOT: 10/12/06
  • USEPA: 10/16/06
  • IEPA: 10/12/06
  • PC: 10/12/06
  • Amended FY 06-09 STIP: 06/29/07

• The text of the FY 2007–2012 TIP consists of the following documents:
  • Table of Contents for the TIP (PDF) 76 KB 
  • Chapter 1: Overview and Program Summary (PDF) 421 KB
    A regional overview and discussion of how the TIP supports the goals of the long range plan.
  • Chapter 2: Funding Sources and Program Development (PDF) 63 KB
    A description of the agencies and steps in the TIP development process, including various sources of funding for transportation projects.
  • Chapter 3: Fiscal Plan (PDF) 82 KB
    The fiscal plan for the Northeastern Illinois transportation program.
  • Chapter 4: Responses to Federal Requirements (PDF) 63 KB
    An overview of the region's response to federal requirements.
  • Chapter 5: Instructions for Reading the Project Listing (PDF) 205 KB 
  • Appendices 1-8 (PDF) 8.9 MB
    Includes a list of acronyms, a glossary, TIP change procedures, endorsement documentation, locally programmed STP agreements, the ADA required project list and project maps.
  • FY 2007-2012 Project Listing Current as of the April 25, 2008 CMAP Transportation Committee meeting.

Annual Obligation Report 

• Each year a report is prepared that summarizes the transportation funds obligated in the region that were programmed in the TIP. Obligations are commitments made by funding agencies to pay out money, as distinct from the actual payments, which are “outlays.” The most recent obligation reports are:
  

  • Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Regional Project Award and Obligation Report For Northeastern Illinois (PDF) 4 MB 
    
  • Federal Fiscal Year 2003 Regional Project Award and Obligation Report For Northeastern Illinois (PDF) 1.2 MB 
    
  • Federal Fiscal Year 2002 Regional Project Award and Obligation Report For Northeastern Illinois (PDF) 1.3 MB 

Read the Latest Information and Submit New Projects

• TIP Revision Attachments 
  Current as of the April 25, 2008 CMAP Transportation Committee meeting. Proposed changes are posted one week before each Transportation Committee meeting.

  • Upcoming Transportation Committee Meetings 

Functional Classification Revision Workbook

• Workbook 

TIP Revision Deadlines 

TIP Revisions Due to CMAP Staff	Transportation Committee Date
Tuesday, February 05, 2008	Friday, February 22, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008	Friday, March 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008	Friday, April 25, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008	Friday, May 23, 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008	Friday, June 20, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008	Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008	Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008	Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008	Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008	Friday, November 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008	Friday, December 12, 2008

FY 2007-2012 TIP Brochure 

• FY 2007-2012 Transportation Improvement Program Summary (PDF) 

FY 2007-2012 TIP Database 

• FY 2007-2012 TIP Database (Access 2000 Database, 64 MB)
  Current as of the April 25, 2008 CMAP Transportation Committee meeting.
  (If the database cannot be opened directly from this link, please save the file to your hard drive and open it from there.)

  • TIP Database User's Guide (PDF) 1.08 MB
    

• New Project Form (MS Word)

• TIP Work Types 

Hard Copies, CDs, and Maps 

• Hard copies of the FY 2007-2012 TIP and Regional Project Awards and Obligation reports can be obtained by sending an email requesting the document to tip@cmap.illinois.gov. Please make sure to include your address.
  
• The TIP text, project listings and database are also available on CD. To request CDs or special reports, or for additional information about the TIP, contact Teri Dixon at (312) 386-8754.
• Maps have been developed for the projects in the TIP that can be displayed cartographically. Maps are available for CMAP's 11 subregional planning areas and the City of Chicago. Please fill out the order form and send it to:

  Programming Division (TIP)
  Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
  233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 800
  Chicago, IL 60606

  Or you can e-mail your completed form to Leroy Kos.