“The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Garden Steps initiative was recognized as one of just eight runners up in the national Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge . At the March 11 MPO Board meeting, national representatives of the Aetna Foundation presented the MPO Board with a $50,000 check to... read more →
“Approximately $1.1 million that the Brownsville Metropolitan Planning Organization awarded for city transportation projects in 2014 is being put to use improving traffic flow and making things safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.” Read more here.
"‘Tis the season for road building and repair, as anyone can see in local projects ranging from the Greensboro Urban Loop to the widening of Horse Pen Creek Road and the city’s annual street resurfacing program that debuts next week." Read more here.
On April 25, AMPO held a webinar to share its National Framework for Regional Vehicle Connectivity and Automation Planning. Listen to the webinar and see the presentations!
The AMPO Air Quality Working Group met in 10/2018. A major discussion item was calculating emissions benefits of CMAQ funded projects. For the meeting summary to learn more about the working group visit this page.
The AMPO Performance Based Planning and Programming Working Group met in December. Their discussion covered an overview of the performance measures on safety, bridge and pavement condition, system performance, freight, CMAQ, and transit asset management. These discussions will help shape the scope and agenda of the next four working group... read more →
"Elected leaders in the La Crosse area are considering whether to broaden the work of a regional planning committee that has traditionally focused on transportation issues. The La Crosse Area Planning Committee, or LAPC, is one of 14 metropolitan planning organizations around Wisconsin that play advisory roles in regional transportation... read more →
"The Casper Area Metropolitan Planning Organization presented the initial results of its long-term transportation plan public survey at the Tuesday, Feb. 19 City Council pre-meeting discussion. MPO Supervisor Aaron Kloke said the survey will still be open for three more weeks ahead of several public workshops that will take place... read more →
"Climate Smart Missoula’s 2016 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory states that transportation is the largest single source of local emissions, contributing 37 percent to Missoula’s total carbon footprint. Eighty-seven percent of those emissions consist of on-road gasoline and diesel. (That’s 290,568 metric tons of CO2.) Given Climate Smart Missoula’s 0-50-100 sustainability... read more →
"The Owensboro-Daviess County Metropolitan Planning Organization on Thursday came to a consensus on 14 local transportation improvement projects that should be under consideration in the next state road fund budget. On the list that will be narrowed down to nine projects next week are several widening, safety, reconstruction and new... read more →