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
- Close to Home: A Handbook for Transportation-Efficient Growth in Small Communities and Rural Areas
This handbook aims to provide insights into small, rural communities’ and the relationship between development patterns, land use, and increased driving.
- Designing a Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring Program to Estimate Annual Average Daily Traffic in a Small Rural College Town
This research designed traffic monitoring programs for non-motorized modes of transportation in small, rural communities.
- Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey: Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities
This report identifies areas of improvement for the American Community Survey (ACS), including methods for surveying small geographic areas and efficiently meeting new data needs.
- Developing a Mode Choice Model for Small and Medium MPOs
This report documents the development of mode choice models for use at MPOs throughout Texas.
- A Bicycle Network Analysis Tool for Planning Applications in Small Communities
This research paper seeks to reveal the important factors that bicyclists consider when choosing a route to take.
- Improving Freight System Performance in Metropolitan Areas: A Planning Guide
This guide offers insight on sustainable decision-making practices for freight systems in an urban setting.
- Does bicycle network level of traffic stress (LTS) explain bicycle travel behavior? Mixed results from an Oregon case study
This paper investigates the relationship between varying levels of traffic stress (LTS) routes and bicycle travel behavior.
- One Size Doesn’t Fit All
This article highlights several of the innovative practices shared at the Tools of the Trade conference held in Burlington, VT in July 2014.
- Active Transportation Beyond Urban Center
This report summarized multiple case studies on active transportation programs and the benefits of implementing active transportation infrastructure in rural America.
- Research on the Characteristics of Public Transport Infrastructure and Operation in Small Cities
This report analyzes the bus systems of nine small American cities to identify common problems and propose suggestions about the future development of such systems.