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Identifying Organizational Changes to Facilitate MPO Megaregion Planning
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2019-01-01
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Edition:September 2017-August 2018
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Abstract:Given current transportation planning processes, this study finds that organizational changes focused at the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) level will be necessary for future collaboration within the Texas Triangle megaregion. This analysis reviewed the organizational and operational documents and agreements, board compositions, boundary changes, and planning documents of three anchor-city MPOs to determine how megaregional planning could be conducted within current legal structures. It found that organization-level guiding documents, like the MPO bylaws and the MPO planning agreements with the Texas Department of Transportation, provide opportunities to structurally and contractually formalize a megaregional intent. However, the value of taking such steps to integrate a megaregional focus depends on an MPO’s willingness to proactively pursue collaborative opportunities with other MPOs within the megaregion, and to define within formal agreements where the megaregion crosses state lines. Declaring and refining a megaregional intent in the identified opportunity areas can help to improve and define cooperation between MPOs and other state entities. These governance-focused recommendations can help MPOs use available resources to integrate new processes that encourage collaborative techniques for the benefit of an entire megaregion.
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