Transportation Planning

Main Street
Railroad Station
Derby, CT 06418
(203) 735-8688
FAX (203) 735-8680

The VCOG is the Transportation Planning Agency for the Valley Planning Region, responsible for directing the transportation planning activities contained in its Unified Planning Work Program, and contracting with federal, state, and local agencies to receive and disperse planning funds to carry out planning activities contained in its work program.

LEGAL NOTICE March 16, 2007

Long Range Regional Transportation Plan (4.1MB PDF file)
     The Valley Council of Governments is currently updating their Long Range Regional Transportation Plan. This document provides long range planning for the Valley region that emphasizes the transportation system preservation in conjunction with local economic and conservation initiatives.
     We encourage your comments, feedback, and participation in the review process. The Valley Council of Governments will be holding a public meeting in their offices at 12 Main Street, Railroad Station, Derby, Connecticut 06418, on April 17th at 5:30 pm to review the plan and discussion. Please download or view the plan here: Long Range Regional Transportation Plan (2.3MB PDF file).
     In addition, the Connecticut Department of Transportation Final Rule for Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning is available at:

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-493.pdf

ANNOUNCEMENT

Air Quality Conformity Draft Resolution (16KB PDF file)
The Greater Bridgeport-Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization is required to submit an Air Quality Conformity Statement to the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with the final conformity rule promulgated by EPA (40 CFR 51 and 93) when adopting an annual Transportation Improvement Program or when effecting a significant revision of the Regions Transportation Plan. This document is available for viewing. Please submit all comments to the Valley Council of Governments offices.

The transportation planning process in the Bridgeport-Stamford Urbanized Area is carried out through cooperative relationships between area municipalities, regional planning organizations, regional transit operators, state transportation agency (Connecticut Department of Transportation), state air agency (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection), and federal transportation agencies (Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration). Several agreements have been made between participants to define roles and responsibilities and formalize actions:

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The Memorandum of Understanding for Transportation Planning in the Greater Bridgeport and Valley Planning Regions, 1981, consolidated the transportation planning process in the Bridgeport Urban Area under the Greater Bridgeport and Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The MPO replaced the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission and separate Greater Bridgeport and Valley Transportation Endorsement Boards. The MOU specifies transportation planning participants, roles, and responsibilities. The MOU designates the Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency and the VCOG as the Transportation Planning Agencies (TPAs) for their respective regions.

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REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
A major part of the work program for this year will entail updating the Regional Transportation Plan. This Plan must be updated every three years. The current plan is Regional Transportation Plan: Valley Region, Update 2003. (size: 1.8MB; This is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.)

NOTE: The Appendix (page 48) of the 2003 Regional Transportation Plan contains references to the following maps. These are full size (17" x 22") detailed maps in PDF format.
Page 66: Map 1	Arterial & Collector Projects 2004 - 2028 (740KB)
Page 68: Map 2	Transportation Projects 2004 - 2028 (768KB)
Page 70: Map 3	Transportation Projects 2004 - 2028 (756KB)

The Regional Transportation Plan for the four Valley towns of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, and Shelton is designed to meet future mobility needs and is consistent with the Regional Plan of Development, as well as municipal conservation and development plans. Its proposals and recommendations are in response to the area’s setting, land use patterns, existing problems, and likely growth over the next twenty years.
The Regional Transportation Plan is comprehensive, balanced, and multi-modal, being comprised of highway and public transportation elements. The Plan is primarily composed of expressway and arterial elements because most trips will be made by private vehicles. As long as land use patterns continue to favor dispersed housing development, travel will continue to be made primarily by private automobiles. The Region’s ability to expand transit whether by bus or train will continue to be limited by financial constraints.

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THE GREATER BRIDGEPORT AND VALLEY MPO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
The Greater Bridgeport and Valley MPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (1.3MB PDF file) lists all proposed highway and transit improvement projects within the Greater Bridgeport and Valley Planning Regions programmed to receive federal assistance over three fiscal years (2007– 2011).

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, 2002
The Bridgeport-Stamford Urbanized Area Memorandum of Understanding, 2002, established the transportation planning process between the five Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and the six regional planning organizations comprising the Bridgeport-Stamford Urbanized Area, and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT). The Valley Council of Governments is one of the six regional planning organizations in the Urbanized Area.


Valley Transit District	The home page of the Valley Transit District.
VTD Bus Routes	Valley Transit District bus routes and schedules.
Public Transportation	Links to transportation information throughout Connecticut
More Public Transportation	More links to transportation information throughout Connecticut

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