Organization Type: MPO or RPO
Metropolitan Planning Organization or Regional Planning Organization
Definition: A federally funded transportation policy-making organization, comprised of local government representatives and transportation authorities
Digest Search Results Page: https://www.planningdigest.com/org/mpo/
Corresponding TRID/TRT Terms
TRID Search Results Page: https://pubsindex.trb.org/results.aspx?tc=NN:Nggks
TRT Search Results Page: https://trt.trb.org/trt.asp?NN=Nggks
- An Interim Synthetic Approach for Estimating Pedestrian Volumes in Smaller Communities
This paper addresses the gap in transportation performance measures for pedestrians in small, rural communities.
- Travel Demand Forecasting: Parameters and Techniques
This project served to update NCHRP Report 365, and provide guidance on setting parameters and using forecasting procedures consistent with current practices.
- Developing and Advancing Effective Public Involvement and Environmental Justice Strategies for Rural and Small Communities
This research worked with six transportation agencies to help develop general strategies for public involvement in local transportation planning in rural and small urban communities.
- Rural and Small Urban Multimodal Alternatives for Minnesota
This report summarizes strategies for rural and small urban transportation planners to incorporate multimodalism into their network.
- Role of Regional Planning Organizations in Transportation Planning Across Boundaries
This white paper outlines the contributions of Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) to transportation planning efforts for megaregions.
- Evaluation of the ADOT Small Area Transportation Studies and Planning Assistance for Rural Areas Programs
This study evaluated Arizona DOT’s Planning Assistance for Rural Areas (PARA) program, a source of funding for multimodal transportation projects in the state.
- Alternative Funding Mechanisms for State Transportation Systems in Predominantly Rural States
This research investigates transportation funding systems that could serve as alternatives to fuel-based taxes.
- Performance Based Planning and Programming Guidebook
This guidebook addresses the key elements of a performance-based planning and programming process and how state DOTs, MPOs, and other transit agencies can implement this approach.
- The Built Environment and Utilitarian Walking in Small U.S. Towns
This study examines the relationships between the built environment and walking for utilitarian purposes among adult residents of small rural towns in the United States.
- Geographic Specificity and Positionality of Public Input in Transportation: A Rural Transportation Planning Case from Central Texas
A study of two transportation planning public engagement methods and how their findings can best be incorporated into transportation plans.