Highlights & What's New

2010 AMPO Annual Conference Registration Now Open

Highlights:

House T&I Committee release its print of the "The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009." See: Act as introduced (June 2009)

AMPO POLICY DOCUMENT (authorization framework)

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES): Summary and Draft of Act

Local Officals for Transportation Letter to Congress on Stimulus

AMPO letter to Congressional leadership on STP Suballocation

Joint letter on PL Rescission from AMPO, APA, NADO and NARC to Congress

FHWA response to AMPO letter on PL Rescission

AMPO letter to the Administration on PL Rescission related to the Energy Independence Security Act (EISA) of 2007

Resource for EISA issue: FHWA TABLE OF RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY

Presentation by Ron Kirby, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, addresses Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Staff on Planning and Project Delivery: Transportation Project Development

Transportation Economic Land Use System (TELUS) is an information-management and decision-support software system designed specifically for MPOs and state DOTs. Click HERE for more information on this free tool.

Keep America Moving video. AMPO and NADO release awareness video for MPO Board members, transportation officials and the public.

*UPDATED* SATELLITE IMAGES AND MPOLOCATOR- provided by CartoSoft

The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) is a nonprofit, membership organization established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of " metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)" nationwide. Federal highway and transit statutes require, as a condition for spending federal highway or transit funds in urbanized areas, the designation of MPOs, which have responsibility for planning, programming and coordination of federal highway and transit investments. AMPO offers its member MPOs technical assistance and training, conferences and workshops, frequent print and electronic communications, research, a forum for transportation policy development and coalition building, and a variety of other services. The nine-member AMPO Board of Directors is directly elected by the membership, including the President and Vice President. The majority of the Board seats are held by local elected officials who are active members of their respective MPOs and play a vital leadership role in the affairs of AMPO. Full-membership in AMPO is open to all MPOs and associate memberships are available to all interested parties.