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
- How to Improve Performance on Corridors of National Significance
This research summarized current practices for corridor management and developed a maturity model as a self-assessment tool for agencies managing corridors.
- Life-cycle Energy Implications of Different Residential Settings : Recognizing Buildings, Travel, and Public Infrastructure
This research uses models to examine the relationship between land use and energy consumption in neighborhoods.
- Incorporating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Long Range Transportation Planning Final Report
The research investigates strategies that Texas practitioners can use to include emissions measures in long term planning documents.
- Regional Decision-Making and Competitive Funding: Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery Program
This report investigates the relationship between local planning processes and federal funding programming.
- Institutionalizing Safety in Transportation Planning Processes: Techniques, Tactics, and Strategies
This guidebook addresses the process of incorporating safety measures into transportation planning.
- Transportation Planning to Support Economic Development: An Exploratory Study of Competitive Industry Clusters and Transportation in Minnesota
This report examines the clustering of industries in Minnesota and the relationship between transportation patterns and economic growth.
- The growing distance between people and jobs in metropolitan America
This report analyzes the effects of suburbanization on job opportunities in recent years as commute distances have grown.
- Project Consistency with Transportation Plans and Air Quality Conformity Workshops: Technical Report
TxDOT summarizes the results of training workshops on project consistency and air quality conformity.
- Evaluation of Existing Smartphone Applications and Data Needs for Travel Surveys
The report discusses the use of smartphones as a vehicle for travel surveys in Texas.
- Examining the Effects of Transportation Governance on Infrastructure Adaptation to Climate Change
This report brings together the findings from several projects that seek a better understanding of the factors that influence decision-making in relation to adaptation to climate change.