About VTrans

VTrans is Virginia's statewide transportation plan. It is prepared for the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) by the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI). VTrans lays out the overarching vision and goals for transportation in the Commonwealth and plans to achieve those goals.

VTrans Focus Areas

1. CTB's Vision, Guiding Principles, Goals and Objectives

2. Transportation Needs and Priorities

3. Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register

4. Strategic Actions

Pillars representing the focus areas of VTrans

1.	The CTB's Vision, goals, and objectivesinform the identification and prioritization of transportation needs.
2.	The CTB’s identified Mid-term Needs (0 - 10 years) are used to screen funding applications for the SMART SCALE program and prioritize funding requests received for VDOT's Revenue Sharing Program. The CTB has established prioritized locations based on the identified Mid-term Needs. OIPI, VDOT, and DRPT, in collaboration with local and regional partners, develop solutions for Priority 1 and 2 locations.
3.	The CTB policy to develop and monitor a Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register which identifies uncertainties facing the transportation system into the future (20+ years) based on a trends analysis. The 2021 VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register has 19 items that require monitoring.
4.	The CTB's strategic actions inform business plans that are developed by OIPI, VDOT, and DRPT. OIPI monitors and provides annual updates on the identified actions.

Previous VTrans Updates

The first VTrans plan was adopted in 2004. The CTB has adopted a series of policies to ensure VTrans remains relevant and informative for decision-making purposes. Final deliverables produced for each plan update are included below:

2021 Update

VTrans2040

VTrans2035 Update

VTrans2035

VTrans2025

VTrans Fast Facts

VTrans is an expansive planning effort that includes planning for mid-term (0-10 years) and long-term (20+ years).

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List of Fast Facts

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VTrans identifies Virginia’s transportation needs for congestion mitigation, travel time reliability improvements, access to economic development sites, etc., by relying on over 200 million data points. Learn more.

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VTrans identifies priority locations with the greatest need for the entire state and each of the nine VDOT construction districts. Learn more.

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VTrans includes a detailed freight analysis for commodity flows, truck bottlenecks, truck safety, and truck congestion. Learn more.

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VTrans develops a long-term risk and opportunity register to prepare for technological advancements, changing consumption patterns, and socio-demographic changes. Learn more.

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Did you know that in 2019, three in every five jobs in Goochland County were telework capable?

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Did you know that in 2020, Virginia’s annual port volume reached nearly 2.9 million TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalent units)?

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Did you know that jobs in the Northern Virginia District will make up 50 percent of Virginia’s STEM jobs by 2045?

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Did you know that by 2045, nearly 3,000 directional miles of roadway could be impacted by inland-riverine flooding in VDOT’s Bristol Construction District?

VTrans-Related Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Items

VTrans addresses Federal requirements such as 23. U.S.C. 135, 49 CFR §5304, 49 U.S.C. 70202(e), 49 CFR § 266.15, as well as Code of Virginia § 33.2-353.

This technical memorandum documents statutory and regulatory requirements as well as other items related to VTrans. Please use the filter controls below to search for a specific VTrans-related statutory or regulatory provision.

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23 U.S.C § 135: Requirements related to Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning

49 U.S.C § 5304: Requirements related to Statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning

23 CFR § 450.216: Development and content of the long-range statewide transportation plan

23 CFR § 450.226: Phase-in of new requirements

23 CFR § 450.206: Requirements related to scope of the statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning process

23 CFR § 450.208: Coordination of planning process activities

23 U.S.C. § 119: Requirements related to State Asset Management Plan

49 U.S.C. § 5326: Requirements related to Transit Asset Management

49 U.S.C. § 70202: Requirements related to Statewide Freight Plans

49 U.S.C. § 22705: Requirements for content to be included in State Rail Plans

49 CFR § 266.15: Requirements for Statewide Rail Plan

49 U.S.C. § 5303: Metropolitan transportation planning

23 U.S.C. § 150: FHWA National goals and performance management measures

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-353: Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2223: Comprehensive plan to be prepared and adopted; scope and purpose

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2232: Legal status of plan

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-214: Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-214.1: Statewide prioritization process for project selection

Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-229: Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-354: Commonwealth Transportation Board to develop and update Statewide Pedestrian Policy

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-355: Goals for addressing transportation needs of populations with limited mobility

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2222.1: Coordination of state and local transportation planning

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-357: Revenue-sharing funds for systems in certain localities

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-370: High-priority projects program

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-371: Highway construction district grant programs

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-1004: Plans for acquisition of rights-of-way.

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-3201: Transportation planning duties and responsibilities of Metropolitan planning organizations

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-2605: Annual budget and allocation of expenses [HRTAC]

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-214.2 : Transportation projects; resiliency

Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-372: Interstate Operations And Enhancement Program

Budget Item 447.10 #1c: 2021 Transportation Funding Initiative

CTB Policy : Approval of the VTrans Implementation Plan (2011)

CTB Policy: VTrans2040 Virginia’s Statewide Multimodal Long-Range Transportation Plan Vision Plan and Needs Assessments (2015)

CTB Policy: Approval of VTrans Implementation Plan (2018)

CTB Policy: Actions to Approve the 2019 VTrans Vision, Goals, Objectives, Guiding Principles and the 2019 Mid-term Needs Identification Methodology and Accept the 2019 Mid-term Needs (2020)

CTB Policy: Adoption of Updated Policy for Implementation of the SMART SCALE Project Prioritization Process (2020)

CTB Policy: Actions to Approve the Policy for the Prioritization of the VTrans Mid-Term Transportation Needs and Accept the Prioritized 2019 VTrans Mid-term Needs (2021)

CTB Policy: Virginia’s Statewide Multimodal Long-Range Transportation Plan (2009)

CTB Policy: Northern Virginia North-South Corridor of Statewide Significance (2011)

CTB Policy: Establishes the policy for the development and monitoring of VTrans Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register; adopts 2021 VTrans Strategic Actions (2021)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Looking for more specific information about VTrans? Find more information on our Frequently Asked Questions page here: http://vtrans.org/get-involved/frequently-asked-questions