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The Cape Cod Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO):
MPO Basics
26 JANUARY 2015
CAPE COD METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION
DEFINITION
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are partnerships
between different government levels, transportation providers, and
the public collaborating on transportation planning for the
metropolitan area.
MPOs operate under federal law to vote on documents required
under federal legislation, in order to allow federal and state funds
to be spent for planning and projects in the region.
PURPOSE
“MPOs were created in order to ensure that existing and
future expenditures for transportation projects and
programs were based on a continuing, cooperative
and comprehensive (3-C) planning process.”
The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues / A Briefing Book for Transportation
Decision makers, Officials, and Staff
Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program, FHWA and FTA, Sept. 2007
Cape Cod MPO Members
Voting Members:
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Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation
(MassDOT)
Barnstable County Commissioner
Cape Cod Commission
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
(CCRTA)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Community Representative (shown on
map)
Sub-Region D
Sub-Region A
Bourne, Falmouth,
Mashpee, and
Sandwich
Eastham,
Wellfleet, Truro,
and Provincetown
Barnstable
Non-Voting Members
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard, and
Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA)
Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)
Cape Cod National Seashore / National
Park Service (CCNS / NPS)
Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee
(CCJTC)
Sub-Region B
Yarmouth and
Dennis
Sub-Region C
Brewster, Harwich,
Orleans, and
Chatham
Cape Cod Joint Transportation
Committee (CCJTC)
Advisory body to the MPO
+ Voting members:
- Representatives from each of the 15 towns
- Bicycle representative
+ Members generally serve in technical capacities with
their towns (i.e. DPW director, town engineer)
+ Non-Voting Members include representatives of the:
- Cape Cod Commission
- Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning
- MassDOT Highway Division, District 5
- Association to Preserve Cape Cod
DOCUMENTS
Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
Long-range (20+ year) transportation vision for the region
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
Annual program of planning activities
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Short range (4 year) program of projects
Public Participation Plan (PPP)
Public involvement and cooperative decision making approach
MPO Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Defines transportation planning responsibilities for the region
Regional Transportation
Plan (RTP)
Long-range plan that
considers:
+ All transportation modes
(Walk, Bike, Car, Bus, Ferry,
Airplane, Train)
+ Existing conditions
+ Problem areas (safety, congestion)
+ Planning factors
+ Air Quality Conformity
+ Financially constrained
+ Public input
+ Recommended policies, problem
area solutions and/or alternatives
www.capecodcommission.org/rtp
Unified Planning Work
Program (UPWP)
Annual transportation
planning activities to be
performed including:
+ Ongoing planning with the MPO,
CCJTC, federal, state, regional, and
local agencies, towns, and the public
+ Data collection of existing
conditions and study locations
+ Transportation studies and
reviews (by CCC staff, MassDOT,
CCRTA, and others)
Is developed annually for
each federal fiscal year
www.capecodcommission.org/upwp
Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP)
Program of transportation
projects that:
+ Are eligible for federal surface
transportation funds, or state
funding for the region
+ First year TIP projects are “ready
to go” in the next federal fiscal year
+ Includes four years of projects
programmed within estimated
highway and transit funds
+ Updated annually
www.capecodcommission.org/tip
Public Participation
Plan (PPP)
Sets up the process for public
involvement and cooperative
decision making:
+ followed to ensure inclusive and
accessible public engagement
processes
+ Methods to reach out to persons
who are low-income, minority, Limited
English Proficient (LEP), or have a
disability, and other traditionally
underrepresented populations
+ Living document
www.capecodcommission.org/ppp
MPO Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU)
Agreement between:
+ Massachusetts Department of
Transportation (MassDOT)
+ Barnstable County Commissioners
+ Cape Cod Commission
+ Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
+ Town of Barnstable, Town Council
President
+ Four Selectmen, each representing
one of the Four Sub-Regions
+ The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal
Council
Defines transportation
planning responsibilities for
the region
THANK YOU
26 JANUARY 2015
GLENN CANNON, P.E.
508-362-3828
[email protected]