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Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)

Function

Metropolitan planning prganizations are entities designated by law with the lead responsibility for the development of a metropolitan area's transportation plans and to coordinate the transportation planning process. All urban areas over 50,000 in population are required to have an MPO if the agencies spend federal funds on transportation improvements.

Minnesota's eight MPOs

A map showing the 8 metropolitan planning organizations and their metropolitan planning areas in Minnesota
View a full-size MPO map (JPG).

Primary functions of an MPO

  • Maintain a long-range transportation plan
  • Develop a transportation improvement program
  • Develop a unified planning work program