Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform
other · US Department of Transportation · Published 2016-12-20 · Effective 2017-01-19 · 81 FR 93448
Document
Document number
2016-30478
Federal Register citation
81 FR 93448
CFR reference
23 CFR 450
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Transportation
Publication date
2016-12-20
Effective date
2017-01-19
DOT docket
Docket No. FHWA-2016-0016
Abstract
This final rule revises the transportation planning regulations to promote more effective regional planning by States and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO). The goal of the revisions is to better align the planning regulations with statutory provisions concerning the establishment of metropolitan planning area (MPA) boundaries and the designation of MPOs.