TxDOT’s Transportation Planning and Programming Division (TPP) develops the STIP in cooperation with the MPOs and the TxDOT districts who also work in consultation with the RPOs and non-metropolitan local officials. The STIP begins as a compilation of the MPOs' Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) and the districts’ Rural TIPs and evolves into a comprehensive list of all highway and transit projects that are federally funded. It is consistent with the statewide long-range transportation plan, metropolitan transportation plans (MTPs), and is approved jointly by FHWA and FTA.