Metropolitan Planning Organizations

Information for MPOs

Metropolitan Transportation Plan

According to 23 CFR 450.104 a metropolitan transportation plan means the official multimodal transportation plan addressing no less than a 20-year planning horizon that the MPO develops, adopts, and updates through the metropolitan transportation planning process. Whereas, a long-range statewide transportation plan means the official, statewide, multimodal, transportation plan covering a period of no less than 20 years developed through the statewide transportation planning process.

Additionally, as metropolitan transportation plans are updated to maintain that the MPO stay in compliance, 23 CFR 450.104 states that update means making current a long-range statewide transportation plan, metropolitan transportation plan, TIP, or STIP through a comprehensive review. Updates require public review and comment, a 20-year horizon for metropolitan transportation plans and long-range statewide transportation plans, a 4-year program period for TIPs and STIPs, demonstration of fiscal constraint (except for long-range statewide transportation plans), and a conformity determination (for metropolitan transportation plans and TIPs in nonattainment and maintenance areas).

MPO update cycle

• Non-Attainment and Maintenance Areas: update at least every four years
• Attainment areas: update at least every 5 years

Minnesota MPO update cycles

Current MPO MTPs

Resources

• MTP Requirements and Resources (PDF)
• MTP Checklist (Word)
• MTP Amendment Policy (PDF)

Federal

• 23 §450.104 Definitions 
• 23 §450.324 Development and Content of the MTP 
• 49 USC 5303 Metropolitan Transportation Planning
• 23 USC 134 Metropolitan transportation planning

MnDOT Family of Plans

• What is the family of plans?