Bi-State Commission

Details: Written by: Sarah Bambas; Category: Homepage; Published: 15 January 2025; Hits: 160

The Quad Cities Metro LRTP (Long Range Transportation Plan) serves a variety of purposes: to move forward the regional vision, to guide future project development, and to identify needs for coordination and cooperation related to our transportation network. The plan identifies future travel demand and freight needs. It also looks at the current transportation system's ability to meet these demands and identifies what improvements will be needed to address future demand.As projects are identified, they are then directed through the short-range planning and programming process to ultimate implementation or construction.

Details: Written by: Sarah Grabowski; Category: Homepage; Published: 11 January 2025; Hits: 248

After a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a Traffic Safety Action Plan (TSAP) in 2023, Bi-State Regional Commission has been working with a Steering Committee of officials from the Quad Cities area in Iowa and Illinois, as well as Kewanee, Illinois, and Muscatine, Iowa. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a TSAP is a "powerful tool to prioritize traffic safety improvements and justify investment decisions." The goal is simple: to ensure people can reach their destinations safely.

Details: Written by: Sarah Grabowski; Category: Homepage; Published: 27 September 2024; Hits: 1281

Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Initiative: Traffic Safety Action Plan (TSAP)

In 2023, the Bi-State Regional Commission (BSRC) was awarded a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a Traffic Safety Action Plan (TSAP).

Details: Category: Homepage; Published: 04 March 2024; Hits: 3782

The Quad Cities Transportation Policy Committee awarded $3,067,906 of Transportation Alternatives Set Aside (TASA) funds in the Quad Cities. These projects will be implemented in the next five years. Bi-State Regional Commission delegates the transportation programming authority to the Transportation Policy Committee to solicit applications and award funds in the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities.

Details: Written by: Sarah Grabowski; Category: Homepage; Published: 09 August 2023; Hits: 7647

Bi-State Regional Commission is soliciting proposals for a transportation planning study to evaluate potential safety, access, and mobility improvements on the Andalusia Road – Indian Bluff Road corridor located in Rock Island County, Illinois and part of the Quad Cities, Iowa-Illinois Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). The contract will be held by Bi-State Regional Commission in cooperation with Rock Island County, the Village of Milan, and the Cities of Moline and Rock Island. Responses must be submitted by December 18, 2023, through the IonWave system, which can be accessed at https://bistate.ionwave.net. For questions, please contact Bryan Schmid via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..