Transportation Improvement ProgramOverview

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is responsible for managing the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for northeastern Illinois. The TIP is the region’s agenda of multimodal surface transportation projects. It includes all federally funded projects and regionally significant, non-federally funded projects selected for implementation in the next five years.

The FFY 2027-2032 TIP provides an overview of the transportation programming process, the relationship between the TIP and the Regional Transportation Plan, financial resources, project selection processes, air quality conformity, and procedures for amending the TIP.

TIP projects may be funded through a variety of federal, state, local, and other fund sources, including these federal programs directly managed by CMAP: Carbon Reduction Program, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, Surface Transportation Program (STP), and Transportation Alternatives Program. CMAP programs these funds and hosts a call for regional projects every two years. In the interim years, CMAP programs local STP projects in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Transportation and the region’s 11 subregional Councils of Mayors.

You can view the current project list on the eTIP website and find further information on the TIP, including amendments, reports, and more on the TIP programmer resources page.