Quote Originally Posted by mam2009 View Post
[URL]Can anybody with a transit background interpret this for me?

  1. What does RTP stand for?
  2. Is this saying that funding has been approved for the ENTIRE Woodward Light Rail project?
  3. Does this mean that federal funding is being used for a study on a study for light rail in Oakland County between 8 and 11 Mile Roads?
TRP = Regional Transportation Plan. This is the long range blueprint for infrastructure planning. In many regions, it functions like a wish list. Its counterpart is the TIP = Transportation Improvement Plan. By federal law, the TIP can only have things on it that have identified funding sources.

There is not enough money on that page to pay for the whole thing. It just means that they have designated project boundaries and they are planning on spending money from the identified programs on it.