More Far-Reaching Than It May Seem: FHWA/FTA Proposed Rule on MPO Coordination & Planning Areas

Just a month after issuing their long-awaited final rules on transportation planning, the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration have proposed rule changes on how metropolitan planning organizations would define their planning areas, and how they would coordinate their planning activities in places where there are more than one MPO for given planning area. For a closer look at this proposal, check out the summary posted on this site, at http://planningletter.blogspot.com/p/fhwa-fta-propose-more-changes-to.html. Note the July 15 webinar, that may be good viewing for those with a stake in this issue. Especially important is to consider the opportunity to comment on this proposed regulation before August 26, 2016.