Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Transit Agency Planning Coordination in Florida

The purpose of this study was to benchmark the current level of coordination and cooperation between Florida Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and transit agencies vis a vis the long range transportation plan (LRTP) and transit development plan (TDP). The impetus for the study was historical, albeit anecdotal, reports of inconsistency between LRTPs and TDPs in some metropolitan areas of Florida. An online survey was conducted of all 27 Florida MPOs and 25 of the 31 fixed route transit operators. In the survey, both MPOs and transit agencies expressed a high degree of satisfaction with the process of coordination of the LRTP. However, MPOs were less satisfied than transit agencies with the process of coordination of the TDP. The online survey was followed up with case study interviews of MPO and transit agency staff in six Florida counties: Duval, Pinellas, Lee, Palm Beach, Indian River, and Bay. Several key observations were made from the interviews. One of them was the importance of regularly scheduled coordination meetings between MPO and transit agency staff. The report recommends that Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) 14-73.001 be modified to require the LRTP and TDP to be updated the same year and that language be added saying that the vision, mission, goals, and objectives in the TDP shall to the maximum extent feasible be consistent with the vision, mission, goals, and objectives in the LRTP

• Record URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdv25-977-49-rpt.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdv25-977-49-sum.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65632
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53894
• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5375

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Authors:
  • Pessaro, Brian
  • Kramer, Jeff
• Publication Date: 2019-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 85p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cooperation; Long range planning; Metropolitan planning organizations; Surveys; Transportation departments; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01716806
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: FDOT BDV25-977-49
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 17 2019 5:06PM