In the News

"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 →

“The completed Golden Triangle Plan was presented to the Framingham City Council at Tuesday night's meeting with a vision for a 3-phase project and action plan. Framingham and Natick commissioned the study and split the $150,000 cost.” Read more here.

“In 2013, the Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization completed the Greater Lowndes County Common Community Vision report. The year 2018 marked the fifth Annual Report of Accomplishments of community progress toward a common vision.” Read more here.

“You are probably not a traffic engineer, but now you very well may be assisting the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization in mapping and modeling traffic patterns in Flagstaff and across the county, all by just carrying your smartphone on your daily commute.” Read more here.

"As part of a regional push to expand its ebike fleet, Ford GoBike is introducing more than 500 new pedal-assist cycles to its bike share network in the East Bay cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville for the first time." Read more here.

"Regional policies on annexation, transportation and health are on the agenda for the next meeting of the Growth Management Policy Board on January 3. The board is guiding development of VISION 2050, extending the region’s plan for growth another decade. The region is planning for 1.8 million more people and... read more →