Established by Ohio Revised Code in 1997, the nine-member Transportation Review Advisory Council assists in developing a project selection process for ODOT’s largest investments. The TRAC, chaired by ODOT’s Director, also approves Major New projects for funding. In December 2008, a “new era of TRAC” began with the adoption of innovative project selection criteria for ODOT’s Major New construction program. This action followed a year of work by the TRAC, ODOT, and transportation stakeholders to focus TRAC policies and procedures with an emphasis on multi-modal solutions, economic development, innovative financing and fiscal responsibility. Now, the TRAC is looking at applications more systemically, as part of a multi-modal transportation system. The new scoring criteria are designed to more readily consider projects of various modes – highways, bridges, passenger rail, transit, and freight projects – to compete for funding.