Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Anchorage Bowl and Chugiak-Eagle River areas. Every metropolitan area with a population of more than 50,000 residents must have a designated MPO in order to qualify for federal highway or transit assistance.
CURRENT NEWS:
NON-MOTORIZED PLAN
The plan is out! The Non-motorized Plan (NMP) was approved by the AMATS Policy Committee in November 2021.
What is in the Plan? The Plan provides the vision for a non-motorized network within the AMATS Metropolitan Planning Area that when implemented, will help residents travel more safely and efficiently throughout the AMATS Planning area without the need of a motor vehicle in all seasons. The NMP merges bicycle, pedestrian, and shared use pathways planning efforts simultaneously.
Want An Overview? Listen to AMATS staff review the draft plan in an open house that took place last March.
2023-2026 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
30-Day Project Nomination Period
Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS) is soliciting project nominations within the AMATS boundary for the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
The TIP identifies, prioritizes, and allocates anticipated funding for surface transportation improvements over a 4-year period. Project nominations will be scored based on the adopted Project Scoring Criteria. The score the project receives will be used to help determine the project’s eligibility for funding in the TIP.
All 2023-2026 TIP nominations are due by 5:00pm Monday, February 14, 2022.
Nomination Forms
Choose a nomination form based on your project or program type.
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Complete Streets / Major Infrastructure
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Bicycle & Pedestrian
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Transportation Alternative Program
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Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
How to Submit a Project Nomination
Use the form links above, by project type, or request a hard copy at amatsinfo@anchorageak.gov
TIP Scoring Criteria
AMATS TIP Criteria AcronymsAMATS TIP Criteria Guidebook
Scoring Criteria for:
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Community Advisory Committee
January 25, 2022 - 2:30pm-4:30pm
Agenda Packet
Via Teams: AMATS CAC
Call in Number: 907-519-0237
Phone Conference ID: 666 816 237#
In-person
Conference Room 30
Development Services
4700 Elmore Road
Anchorage, AK 99507
Action Items:
Chair and Vice Chair Elections
Hiland Merge Lane Improvements Resolution
Information Items:
Appointing Committee Member Alternates
Committee Attendance
The AMATS CAC meeting for January 25th, 2022 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm will be done in-person and via Microsoft Teams.
If you are attending virtually, use the link or call-in number provided above to join the meeting.
Instructions for Joining the Virtual Meeting:
- Join the meeting using the link provided above from a computer, if possible, to see any meeting materials presented during the meeting.
- If you do not have computer audio, you may call in to the meeting using the phone number and conference ID provided above
- Please wait and staff will admit you into the meeting
- Please mute your microphone during the meeting unless you are providing public testimony. To mute/unmute the microphone on your phone press *6
- To ask a question or make a comment about one of the agenda items; use the Teams control icons to Raise Your Hand or place a written comment in the chat box. Or wait until the Chair of the committee asks for public comments.
Any comments not specifically about an agenda item may be made after the Committee Comments section of the agenda.
Policy Committee
January 27, 2022 - 1:30pm-3:30pm
Via Teams: AMATS PC
Call in Number: 907-519-0237
Phone Conference ID: 468 236 593#
In-person
Mayor's Conference Room #830
City Hall
632 W. 6th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
*Conference Room 830 will be open to the public, but due to rising concerns over the omicron variant of Covid-19, please join us virtually if you can.
Action Items:
CAC District 5 Appointment
TIP Administrative Modification #6
Information Items:
2023-2026 TIP Nominations
Advisory Committee Term Limits
The AMATS PC meeting for January 27th, 2022 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm will be done in-person and via Microsoft Teams.
If you are attending virtually, use the link or call-in number provided above to join the meeting.
Instructions for Joining the Virtual Meeting:
- Join the meeting using the link provided above from a computer, if possible, to see any meeting materials presented during the meeting.
- If you do not have computer audio, you may call in to the meeting using the phone number and conference ID provided above
- Please wait and staff will admit you into the meeting
- Please mute your microphone during the meeting unless you are providing public testimony. To mute/unmute the microphone on your phone press *6
- To ask a question or make a comment about one of the agenda items; use the Teams control icons to Raise Your Hand or place a written comment in the chat box. Or wait until the Chair of the committee asks for public comments.
Any comments not specifically about an agenda item may be made after the Committee Comments section of the agenda.
AMATS 2021 4th Quarter Newsletter
The Newsletter:
https://arcg.is/0rf408
Happy New Year!
This newsletter covers the 4th quarter of 2021!
In This Issue:
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Message from the AMATS Coordinator: Goodbye Craig!
- Committee News
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Spotlight: Jon Cecil, AMATS Senior Planner
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Community: Pedestrian Safety Campaign, Plug-in Campaign
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Plan & Programs: 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Criteria
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Local Planning: Title 21 Parking & Downtown Plan
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Transportation 101: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
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Transit News: Vacancy on the Public Transit Advisory Board (PTAB), Face Masks, Fat Tire Bike Racks,
- Upcoming Meetings
