                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATIONS (§ 33.2-3201)

The metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) of the Commonwealth shall be
responsible for the development of regional long-range transportation plans for
the regions they represent in accordance with federal regulation. Each such
long-range plan shall include a fiscally constrained list of all multi-modal
transportation projects, including those managed at the statewide level either
by the Department of Transportation or the Department of Rail and Public
Transportation. The purpose of the regional long-range transportation plan is to
comply with federal regulations and provide the MPOs and the region a source of
candidate projects for use by the MPOs in developing regional Transportation
Improvement Programs (TIPs) and serving as an input to assist the Commonwealth
with the development of the Statewide Transportation Plan (VTrans).
		The MPOs shall:

1. Develop amendments for their regional TIPs in accordance with federal
regulations;

2. Coordinate planning and programming actions with those of the Commonwealth
and duly established public transit agencies in accordance with federal
regulations;

3. Examine the structure and cost of transit operations within the regions they
represent and incorporate the results of these inquiries into their plans and
endorse long-range plans for assuring maximum utilization and integration of
mass transportation facilities throughout the Commonwealth; and

4. Conduct a public involvement process focused on projects and topics that will
best enable them to develop and approve Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTPs)
that shall be submitted for approval by their board and forwarded to the
Commonwealth Transportation Board and updated as required by federal
regulations.

HISTORY: 2011, c. 554, § 33.1-223.2:25; 2014, c. 805.