What's New
The next BCATS Technical Committee meeting is scheduled for August 13, 2025.
Updated FY2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UWP)
The current FY2025 UWP has been administratively modified to make more specific the expenditures that Battle Creek Transit/Transportation Authority of Calhoun County (TACC) intend to make with a Congressionally Directed Spending grant received for startup investment for the TACC. The $1,500,000 federal grant is expected to be invested in the TACC for Intelligent Transportation Systems licensing and hardware; various computer and communications equipment; planning, route design, and marketing services; vehicle wraps for rebranding the existing fleet to the "Ride Calhoun" brand; and the purchase of up to 6 fleet expansion vehicles. The updated FY25 UWP is available here and on the left navigation menu of this page, under Publications. Public comments on this modification are welcome to BCATS staff. BCATS Committees will be informed of this administrative modification at their regularly scheduled April meetings.
FY2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) - Air Quality Conformity Report
A new air quality conformity report for the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Limited Orphan Maintenance Area (covering Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Van Buren counties) has been created by the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS) in cooperation with BCATS and MDOT for the locally finalized adoption of the BCATS' FY2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). BCATS Policy Committee approved to resolve support of this conformity report at its May 28, 2025 meeting. The final report is available here.
FY2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) AMENDMENT #18
June 2025
The eighteenth amendment to the current FY 2023-2026 TIP is available for public comment. The amendment will be presented for local approval by BCATS Policy Committee on June 25, 2025. Amendment #18 consists of actions identified in the amendment list, available here.
Links to details of previous amendments to
FY 2026-2029
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
Complete TIP Document Available HERE
FY26-29 TIP Project List from document with Maps
The Fiscal Year 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the BCATS area was unanimously approved by both BCATS' Technical and Policy Committees on May 14th and May 28th, respectively. The full document was transmitted to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for State review and will be forwarded to Federal officials for final review and approval, expected in September 2025. The new TIP will go into effect on October 1, 2025, the first day of Fiscal Year 2026.
BCATS 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan