State Transportation Commission Adopts Updated 12-Year Transportation Program
Action clears way for latest round of transportation improvements across Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA / 08/14/2024 / Penndot – The State Transportation Commission (STC) today adopted the 2025 12-Year Transportation Program (TYP). The plan anticipates that $88 billion will be available over the next 12 years for improvements to roads, bridges, transit systems, airports, railroads, and active transportation — an increase of more than 5% from the 2023 TYP.
The TYP, PennDOT's official mid-range planning tool, lists statewide planned projects across all modes of transportation and assigns funding over a 12-year period. The TYP also highlights some of PennDOT's initiatives and accomplishments over the past two years ranging from the modernization of train stations to implementing innovative strategies and the latest technologies to enhance safety and efficiency across a wide range of operations.
“Transportation planning is a lengthy and collaborative process. By the time a new project starts in your neighborhood, it's already several years old," said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “PennDOT is always seeking ways to improve transportation infrastructure, and we look forward to putting the next 12 years of improvements into motion for travelers around the state."
The newly adopted program, which takes effect October 1, 2024, anticipates the following funding availability in the first four years of the TYP from federal, state, and local sources:
$16.4 billion for state highway and bridge projects
$12.5 billion for public transit
$352 million for multimodal projects
$236 million for rail freight
$175 million for aviation
Four Rural Planning Organizations, 19 Metropolitan Planning Organizations and one independent county partnered with PennDOT to review and develop the update. Now that the STC has adopted the update, it has been submitted to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration for review. The FHWA coordinates with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the plan's conformity with air quality requirements.
Public input early in the TYP planning process played a key role in identifying investments in the various transportation modes.
The State Transportation CommissionOpens In A New Window is chaired by the PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll and consists of ten appointed citizens as well as the majority and minority chairs of the state House and Senate Transportation committees. Pennsylvania State Law, Act 120 of 1970 requires PennDOT to prepare, update, and submit Pennsylvania's TYP every two years to the STC.
