SCAG Regional Council Approves 2027 FTIP Guidelines

The SCAG Regional Council today approved the 2027 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) Guidelines. The FTIP is a federally required four-year program that identifies all major surface transportation projects in the region that receive federal funding, require federal approval, or are regionally significant. Updated every two years, the FTIP is the short-range implementation plan for Connect SoCal Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy. 

The FTIP Guidelines are refreshed ahead of each new FTIP cycle to align the program with the latest federal and state requirements. They also provide direction to county transportation commissions as they develop their local Transportation Improvement Programs for inclusion in SCAG’s FTIP. The guidelines facilitate a consistent, transparent process for programming transportation projects across the six-county SCAG region. The guidelines also support collaboration with Caltrans, federal agencies, and local transportation partners, while meeting legal and technical standards, including transportation conformity. 

The approved 2027 FTIP Guidelines, including transportation conformity analysis and modeling, are available on the SCAG FTIP website.