Metropolitan Transportation Planning

The Metropolitan Planning focus area page is a one-stop shop for resources about the metropolitan transportation planning process on the TPCB website. It includes links to publications, legislation and guidance, recent peer events, upcoming calendar events, and related websites.

• Best Planning Practices: Metropolitan Transportation Plans
• Federal Aid Essentials for Local Agencies - A web-based resource to help local agency professionals navigate the Federal-aid Highway Program
• Metropolitan Area Transportation Planning for Healthy Communities
• Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Database - This database contains the names, locations, and key contact information for all 384 MPOs and all 155 Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) in the nation, current with the 2000 Decennial Census.
• Staffing and Administrative Capacity of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
• Transportation Management Area (TMA) Certification Review Primer
• The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues (the "Briefing Book") - The "Briefing Book" is a primer to help you better understand Federal transportation planning regulations and requirements at the statewide and metropolitan planning levels.
• Click here to access a full list of Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance related to metropolitan planning on the TPCB website.
• Recent publications on metropolitan planning:
  • Metropolitan Area Transportation Planning for Healthy Communities
  • Integrating the Highway Safety Manual into the Highway Project Development Process
  To find existing publications and resources on metropolitan planning or to add new ones, visit the TPCB Resource Index.

• Upcoming conferences and webinars related to metropolitan transportation planning:
  • Council of University Transportation Centers Summer Meeting
  • National Congestion Pricing Conference
  • Ohio Conference on Freight
  To browse all events on the TPCB website or to add new ones, please visit the events calendar or the TPCB Resource Index.

• Recent peer events related to metropolitan transportation planning:
  • National Scenario Planning Peer Exchange Report - July 8-10, 2012
  • Scenario Planning Peer Workshop Report - Denver, Colorado
  • Louisiana Planning & Development Districts Peer Exchange on Resiliency and Evacuation Planning
  Read other peer event reports.

• American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
• Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
• Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
• National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
• Planning and Environment Linkages - This website offers a wealth of information developed and compiled by the FHWA and its partners to assist in strengthening planning and environment linkages.
• Planning and Operations - This website contains numerous resources to help planners and operators gain insight into the links between the two fields. This site has a resource library of documents, presentations, and reports on current practices. It also contains a toolbox that gives examples of best practices, a calendar of upcoming relevant events, as well as a listing of courses that span the two disciplines.
• Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Metropolitan Policy, Planning, and Processes (ADA20)
• TRB's Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (AHB10)
• TRB's Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems (ABJ30)
• Travel Modal Improvement Program (TMIP)
• Visualization in Planning - Provides information on noteworthy practices and innovative uses of visualization for transportation planning.