The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a four-year financial program that describes the schedule for obligating federal funds to state and local projects. For all non-transit projects in the region, the TIP serves as the document to obtain authority from the Federal Highway Administration to commit obligate (or commit) funds to a project.

The Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization (RVTPO) is a federally mandated transportation policy board comprised of representatives from local, state, and federal governments, transit agencies, and other stakeholders and is responsible for transportation planning and programming for the Roanoke Valley Urbanized Area. This area is comprised of the Cities of Roanoke and Salem; the Town of Vinton and portions of the Counties of Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery and Roanoke.

It outlines the transportation projects within the urbanized area for the short to medium term, that has federal dollars supporting the implementation and construction.