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Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Checklists

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What are the
Metropolitan Planning Organization program checklists?

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) checklists are essential tools for ensuring effective transportation planning and coordination among various stakeholders in metropolitan areas.

CHECKLISTS


The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a minimum four-year program of transportation projects and strategies formally implementing the MPO transportation plan.

At the conclusion of each state fiscal year, MPOs are required to publish a listing of projects that that were either authorized or revised to increase or decrease obligations in the previous year. The list must include both FHWA (highway-based) and FTA (transit-based) projects.
The primary role of the MPO is to review the data, and to organize it into a report. Data is available through the MPO Portal, using the Report option. ALDOT will assist the MPOs in accessing the MPO Portal and will review the report for completeness.

Regulation Description
23 CFR 450.334(a) Report due December 31st
23 CFR 450.334(b) Report should include a project listing
23 CFR 450.334(b) Report must have the following column headers: Engineer Estimate, Fed. Obligated, Fed. Expenditure, Balance
23 CFR 450.334(c) Report should be posted to website
Memo 2022-15 Report should be a standalone document and include a narrative
Each Metropolitan Planning Organization must approve a Unified Planning Work Program annually. Likewise, each Rural Planning Organization must approve a Work Program annually.

Each Metropolitan Planning Organization must approve a Unified Planning Work Program annually.
Date Activity Responsible Party
September 1st Adopt Unified Planning Work Program MPO
September 1st Adopt Work Program RPO
Mid-September Federal Management Information System (FMIS) shuts down for Federal close-out FHWA

For questions pertaining to the MPO Program contact James F. Boyer, P.E. at 334.242.6728.