George Arena, vice chairman of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and vice chair of the Lake Norman Transportation Advisory Committee, presents findings from a Centralina Council of Governments transportation planning study on the 9-county Charlotte region.
4. Current MPO/RPO Functions The gap between current effectiveness & perceived importance based upon Study survey results
5. Peer Regions in the Study Peer Region Key Information Atlanta 1 MPO for all or part of 18 counties; 2000 UZA population of 3.5 million; 2010 population estimate of 5.1 million Austin 1 MPO for all or part of 5 counties; 2000 UZA population of 901,920; 2010 population estimate of 1.7 million Kansas City 1 MPO for all or part of 7 counties; bi-state; 2000 UZA population of 1.4 million (combined 2 UZAs); 2009 population estimate of 1.9 million Minneapolis-St. Paul 1 MPO for all or part of 7 counties; 2000 UZA population of 2.4 million; 2009 population estimate of 2.9 million Nashville 1 MPO for all or part of 7 counties; 2000 UZA population of 885,790 (combined 2 UZAs); estimate not available San Diego 1 MPO for 1 county; 2000 UZA population of 2.7 million; 2010 population estimate of 3.2 million Tampa-St. Petersburg 5 MPOs for 1 county each, 1 MPO for 2 counties, and 1 Rural County; regional coordinating/policy body; 2000 UZA population of 3.1 million (combined 6 UZAs); 2009 population estimate of 4.1 million
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This is important—because there are some things ALL the peers are doing more effectively than we are. Those things include having better control over their funding, and linking land use and transportation planning on a regional scale. Most also reported very strong relationships with NCDOT.