Our MPO, the Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County Transportation Council, shares responsibility for the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh Urbanized Area (UA) with two other MPOs: the Orange and Ulster County Transportation Councils. The three MPOs collectively meet TMA planning requirements such as the development of a joint Congestion Management Process, while each MPO is responsible for carrying out the basic metropolitan transportation planning process for their county. There are two other UAs (Middletown and Kingston) within the three counties, but they are within the MPO planning areas - defined as each county.

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I was wondering if there are any MPO’s out there that have more than one urbanized area in your area and if so how is this handled? I am also seeking opinions of other MPO professionals about the pro’s and con’s of having two in one MPO area, especially if they are not contiguous to each other based on the urban area criteria.

Thanks,

Robert

Robert E. Smith Jr.
Senior Transportation Planner, MPO Administrator
Planning and Development Department
Transportation Planning Division Head
City of Montgomery/MPO

Intermodal Transportation Facility
495 Molton Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 241-2249

Fax: (334) 241-2326
Email: rsmith@montgomeryal.gov
City of Montgomery website: http://montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?page=205
MPO website: http://www.montgomerympo.org