Safe Routes to School Plan - Savannah, MO

Bridge Deck Policy

Unified Planning Work Program (en Español)
The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is the coordinated work program for the St. Joseph Area Transportation Study Organization, designated as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the St. Joseph, MO – Elwood/Wathena, KS area.

Long Range Transportation Plan
The Long Range Transportation Plan is a 20-year forecast which must consider a wide range of social, environmental, energy, and economic factors in determining overall regional goals and how transportation can best meet those goals. (read more...)
Archive: St. Joseph 2020: Vision for the Future

Transportation Improvement Plan
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a program management tool for structuring metropolitan transportation related projects. It is a program and schedule of intended transportation improvements (or continuations of current activities) usually covering a three (3) year period, developed as part of the process of applying for Federal funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

Public Participation Plan
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), as well its predecessor legislation the 1998 Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21), requires that the St. Joseph Area Transportation Study Organization, the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the St. Joseph metropolitan area, adopt a proactive public involvement process.

Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
The St. Joseph MPO has been a staunch supporter of facility design that incorporates bicycle and pedestrian uses. A direct outgrowth of this notion has resulted in the development of an Urban Trail System by the City of St. Joseph, but of more importance (because of the relative size of the system) is the construction of new roadways that recognize that citizens travel by means other than automobile.

Title VI/Environmental Justice Policy (en Español)
It has been The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) and the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) longstanding policy to actively ensure nondiscrimination under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Federally funded activities.
What is Title VI / Environmental Justice? (en Español)

Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan (en Español)
The St. Joseph Area Transportation Study Organization (SJATSO) is the federally designated transportation planning agency charged with coordinating transportation investments in the greater St. Joseph area, including Savannah, Elwood, Wathena, St. Joseph and Country Club Village, as well as parts of the counties of Buchanan, Andrew and Doniphan. Click here for a presentation outlining the plan.