Plans, Studies, Reports
NCTCOG's Transportation Department produces a variety of plans, studies, and reports aimed at improving the regional transportation system. These include our major products, required by the US Department of Transportation to guide the work of the MPO. Other documents that highlight more targeted efforts are currently being developed or have been previously completed.
Additional documents produced by the department can be found under Publications.
NCTCOG's Transportation Department produces a variety of plans, studies, and reports aimed at improving the regional transportation system. These include our major products, which are required by the US Department of Transportation to guide the work of the MPO. Other documents that highlight more targeted efforts are currently being developed or have been previously completed.
Additional documents produced by the department can be found under Publications.
Major Products
Looking to the future: Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) - Mobility 2050
The Long-Range Transportation Plan looks out 20+ years and identifies transportation projects that will be needed to support future population and employment growth in the 12-county metropolitan area
Managing the work: Unified Planning Work Program
The UPWP summarizes the transportation planning activities of the MPO
Turning ideas into reality: Transportation Improvement Program
The TIP is the list of transportation projects approved for funding with federal, state, and local sources over the next four years
Identifying infrastructure improvements: 10-Year Plan
The 10-Year Plan of Projects is a list of transportation projects that will be funded with certain types of funding from the Texas Transportation Commission over the next 10 years
Engaging North Texans: Public Participation Plan
The Public Participation Plan outlines the goals and strategies the Transportation Department will use to meaningfully engage the public in the transportation planning process
Working towards air quality compliance: Transportation Conformity
The Transportation Conformity report documents how the Long-Range Transportation Plan (Mobility 2045) and the TIP meet the conformity-related requirements of the Clean Air Act
Identifying congestion management strategies: Congestion Management Process
The CMP focuses on identifying a range of short and medium-term strategies for addressing congestion on a system-wide or corridor-level basis
Current Plans, Studies, and Reports
- Access North Texas (2026)
- Dallas CBD-Fair Park Links Study
- Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study
- Denton County Transit Study
- East Dallas, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties Regional Transit Study
- Forest Hill Drive Study
- Grand Avenue (Dallas) Study
- Highway Corridor Studies
- Trinity Railway Express TOD Strategic Plan
Completed Plans, Studies, and Reports
Regional Parking Database (2026)
North Texas Value Capture Report (2023)
Access North Texas (2018)
Automated Transportation Systems (ATS) Development Study (2023)
Curb Management Regional Planning Guide (2020)
North Central Texas 12-County MPA GHG Emission Inventory (2019)
Dallas Intermodal Transportation Facility Fatal Flaw Analysis Final Report (October 2019)
Dallas Midtown Autonomous Transportation System Study (September 2019)
On-Road Mobile Source Redesignation and Maintenance Emissions Inventories for the Dallas-Fort Worth Counties (2018)
- Four-County Area (DFW4)
- Nine-County Area (DFW9) Previously Designated as Nonattainment for the One-Hour and/or the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Development of Oil and Gas Mobile Source Inventory in the Barnett Shale in the 10-County Dallas-Fort Worth Area (2012)
Enhanced Remote Sensing Performance Based Pilot Program (2011)
Freight North Texas (2013)
Green Infrastructure Resource Guide (2017)
Heavy-Duty Diesel Inspection & Maintenance Program Final Reports
Innovative Finance Initiative: Cotton Belt Corridor (December 2011)
Intermodal Transportation Hubs for Colleges and Universities Study
Inventories and Control Strategy Reductions for 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021 (2018)
ITS Strategic Deployment Plan (2016)
North Central Texas General Aviation and Heliport System Plan (2012)
Oversize Overweight Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Impacts Study (2020)
Planning for Community Oriented Schools - A Guide to School Siting in North Texas (2017)
Regional Bicycle Opinion Survey (2017)
Regional Rail Corridor Study (2005)
Regional Trail Preliminary Engineering (Lewisville to Coppell) (2020)
School District-Public Transit Coordination in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region (2020)
Sustainable Zoning Guidebook (2016)
Transit Asset Management Group-Sponsored Plan (2018)
Transportation and Gentrification: A Toolbox for Positive Neighborhood Change (2019)
Truck Parking Study (2018)
Truck Stop Electrification Study (2019)
Ellis County Sustainable Subdivision Regulations
Collin County Transit Needs Assessment and Planning Study (2013)
Tarrant County Transportation Needs Assessment (2014)
Wise County Transportation Plan (2018)
Collin County Transit Study (2021)
Southern Dallas County Transit Planning Study and Appendices (2021)
Tarrant County Transit Study and Appendices (2021)
Collin County Mixed-Use Report and Appendices (2025)
Fort Worth Transportation Authority Master Plan (2015)
Intersection Safety Implementation Plan (2013)
Midlothian-Waxahachie Shared-Use Path Preliminary Design (2019)
Planning for Livable Military Communities Regional Vision Report (2013)
Regional Traffic Signal Retiming Program (2014)
Southern Dallas County Infrastructure Analysis
Southern Dallas County Regional Veloweb Alignment Study
Thoroughfare Assessment Program Phase 3.2 Executive Summary (2010)
Silver Line Corridor TOD Planning Study (2025)
Hurst Boulevard Vision/State Highway 10 Corridor Redevelopment Plan (2026)
Active Transportation Routes to Rail Study (2014)
Pedestrian Access to Trinity Metro's High-Frequency Bus Route Study (2024)
Arlington Discover Division: Division Street Corridor Strategy (2012)
Balch Springs Hickory Tree Road Project
City of Grand Prairie TOD Planning Report (2012)
Dallas-Garland Road Vision Study
Dallas Lancaster Corridor TOD Report
DART Red and Blue Lines TOD Study
Ellis County Regional Trail Corridor Study (2015)
IH 45 Corridor Zero Emission Vehicles
Irving-Frisco Corridor Study (2021)
McKinney State Highway 5 Corridor Context Sensitive Master Plan (2014)
Northwest Highway and Preston Road Area Plan (2016)
State Highway 183 Corridor Master Plan Phase I: River Oaks Boulevard (2016)
State Highway 183 Corridor Master Plan Phase II: Trinity River to IH 30 (2018)
State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) Corridor Master Plan (2017) [168 MB PDF]
McKinney Corridor Conceptual Engineering and Funding Study (2010)
Waxahachie Corridor Conceptual Engineering and Funding Study (2010)
–Arlington High-Speed Rail Station Area Planning Study (2017)
Bachman Lake Area Planning Study (2022)
Burleson TOD Master Plan (2012)
Cedar Hill City Center Development Plan (2014)
Cleburne Downtown Master Plan (2014)
Dallas LBJ Skillman Urban Planning Initiative (2014)
Dallas Midtown Automated Transportation System: Conceptual Engineering Study
Dallas Preston Center Garage Study (2020)
Dallas-UNT Dallas Area Context Sensitive Transportation Study (2011)
Dallas Water Gardens Feasibility Analysis (2019)
Deep Ellum Parking Study (2024)
Deep Ellum TOD Project (2007)
Fort Worth Berry/University Development Plan (2016)
Fort Worth Evans & Rosedale Area Design Standards and Guidelines (2009)
Fort Worth High-Speed Rail Station Area Planning Study (2017)
Garland Forest-Jupiter Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plan (2013)
Hurst-Bellaire Sustainable Redevelopment Plan (2009)
Northwest Highway and Preston Road Area Plan (2016)
Polytechnic/Wesleyan Urban Village Planning Assistance Report (2008)
Richland Hills Trinity Railway Express Station Transit-Oriented Development Plan (2009)
Safe Routes to School Plans
- Salazar Elementary, Cowart Elementary, and Stockard Middle School – Dallas (2019)
- Delaney Elementary and Arthur Intermediate School – Kennedale (2018)
- Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary – Dallas (2017)
- Applied Learning Academy – Fort Worth (2017)
- Webb Elementary – Arlington (2019)
- Speer Elementary – Arlington (2019)
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plans 2007-2016
West Dallas Signature Point Project (2014)