Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Massachusetts

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Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Massachusetts are regional transportation planning bodies that coordinate long-range transportation investments and policies across the state’s metropolitan areas.

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instanceOf network of regional transportation planning organizations
aimsTo enhance transportation safety
improve regional mobility
reduce transportation-related environmental impacts
support economic development through transportation investments
collaboratesWith regional planning agencies in Massachusetts
regional transit authorities in Massachusetts
coordinatedBy Massachusetts Department of Transportation
country United States
engages municipal governments in regional transportation decision-making
public stakeholders in transportation planning processes
state transportation agencies in regional planning
focusesOn bicycle and pedestrian transportation planning
freight transportation planning
highway planning
public transit planning
fundedBy federal transportation planning funds
local matching funds
state transportation planning funds
governedBy federal metropolitan planning regulations
hasMember Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization
Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization
linked to: Cape Cod Commission

Central Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization
Martha’s Vineyard Joint Transportation Committee
Merrimack Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization
Montachusett Metropolitan Planning Organization
Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission
Northern Middlesex Metropolitan Planning Organization
Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization
Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization
Southeastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization
implements federally required 3C transportation planning process
locatedIn Massachusetts
overseenBy Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
produces Regional Transportation Plans
Transportation Improvement Programs
Unified Planning Work Programs
responsibleFor allocation of certain federal transportation funds
long-range regional transportation planning
public participation in transportation planning
transportation improvement programming
subjectTo Clean Air Act transportation conformity requirements
Title 23 of the United States Code
Title 49 of the United States Code
timeHorizon typically 20-year or longer regional transportation plans

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MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning collaboratesWith Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Massachusetts
Federal Transit Administration formula grant programs beneficiary metropolitan planning organizations
linked to: Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Massachusetts