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MPO Rule Repeal Means No Changes to Process
The recent repeal of the “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform” rule by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) means no changes to the operations of adjoining MPOs in an urbanized area.
The T&I Committee said the rule exceeded legal requirements, was contrary to congressional intent and increased burdens on MPOs and states. In practice, it would have required the consolidation of many MPOs in metropolitan regions.
Todd Lang, co-chair of the Metropolitan Planning Subcommittee of the APTA Policy and Planning Committee, added, “MPOs support increased planning coordination at all levels, but this final rule has significant drawbacks that prompted more than 600 comments to the docket that asked this rule be withdrawn or substantially modified. MPOs stand ready to work with the administration and other transportation stakeholders to work through the issues the rule attempted to address.”
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