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Quad Cities Metro Transportation Planning
Bi-State Regional Commission is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Davenport IA-IL urbanized area. Bi-State staff prepare transportation plans for the urbanized area, commonly known as the Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois. Transportation planning in the urban area is a coordinated and continuing process. Its purpose is to assist communities in the implementation of transportation improvements, both short and long term. This type of planning is required before federal funds can be spent on transportation projects – streets, public transit, or bicycle facilities. Planning before implementation has the added benefit of providing a technical means of prioritizing transportation needs and aligning these priorities with available funding. Roadways, transit, railroads, waterways, airports, trails and intermodal facilities are all considered in the planning process. Local, state, and federal jurisdictions work together with support from Bi-State staff to develop planning and programming recommendations for transportation improvements. In the Quad Cities Urbanized Area, recommendations are considered by the Transportation Policy Committee composed of chief elected officials of cities and counties, Illinois and Iowa State Departments of Transportation, and the Illinois Quad Cities transit district.
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Bi-State Region Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture Plan describes implementing ITS technologies to improve operations and traffic management.
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Bi-State Regional Freight Plan Addendum outlines freight transportation needs for the metro area as well as those in the Bi-State Region.
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The Quad Cities MPO has participated in traffic safety planning since its inception in 1966. Intersection crash reports have been prepared with the most recent specific to intersection in 2013. In 2020 the first Quad Cities Traffic Safety Plan was produced. It examined overall crashes as well as intersections and crash emphasis areas where data illustrated trends and hot spots for fatal and serious injury crashes. The MPO staff a Community Awareness of Roadway Safety (CARS) group in Scott County comprised of planners, engineers, public safety officials, law enforcement and representatives from the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT).
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The Bi-State Regional Commission (BSRC) conducted a Mississippi River Rail Crossing Study to review existing railroad crossings and plan for the future of railroad operations across the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities region. Existing railroad crossings at the Government Bridge and Crescent Bridge are both over 100 years old with movable swing spans to accommodate river traffic and have been identified as needing replacement in the 2017 Iowa State Rail Plan. The results of this study can be found in these documents.
pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Existing Conditions(1.01 MB)
pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Purpose and Need(928 KB)
pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Alternatives Analysis Report(9.41 MB)
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Locally, the Quad Cities Area receives several types of federal transportation funding assistance. See below for federal and state funding opportunities.
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Over the past eight years, the Quad Cities delegation that travels to Washington D.C. has identified freight and passenger rail service improvements between Chicago and the Quad Cities as a high priority.