Research & Reports

Region 1 Planning Council has produced the following documents in whole or in part.

(This is not a complete list. Certain projects and their related documents can be found under their respective team's landing page.)

Annual Reports

2021 Annual Report: Video | Document

2020 Annual Report: Video


The UWP identifies the funds and activities to be conducted by the MPO during a fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). These activities are funded with federal, state, and local resources. The UWP is a federally-required statement of work identifying the planning priorities and activities to be carried out within a metropolitan area.

FY 2025 UWP

FY 2024 UWP

FY 2023 UWP

FY 2022 UWP

FY 2021 UWP

FY 2020 UWP

The TIP contains all improvements that are planned for the surface transportation system.

More information on the TIP

AMENDMENT PROCEDURE

The level and quality of the transportation planning process is provided in a nondiscriminatory manner; promote full and fair participation in transportation decision-making without regard to race, color, or national origin; it ensures meaningful access to transportation planning-related programs and activities by persons with limited English proficiency.

Environmental Justice (EJ) builds on to Title VI by including the consideration of the impacts to low-income populations in addition to minority populations into transportation planning and decision-making processes.

TITLE VI NON-DISCRIMINATION PROCEDURE

MPO TITLE VI & EJ CONSIDERATIONS

LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN

2024-2026 RMTD TITLE VI PROGRAM & EJ ASSESSMENT

This plan sets forth the policies, procedures, methods and details for involving the general public and area transportation stakeholders in the transportation planning and programming activities.

Public Participation Plan

A wide range of citizen, community, and technical input is attributed to developing and maintaining this plan for a safe and efficient multi-modal transportation system that will meet the goals, objectives, and needs of citizens, business, and industry for decades to come.

More information on the MTP + The 2050 MTP

2040 LRTP

As required for all projects receiving federal funding, the MPO cooperatively develops a listing of projects for which any federal funds were obligated in the preceding fiscal year of its Transportation Improvement Program (TIP.)

2024 ANNUAL LISTING

2023 ANNUAL LISTING

2022 ANNUAL LISTING

2021 ANNUAL LISTING

2020 ANNUAL LISTING

2019 ANNUAL LISTING

2018 ANNUAL LISTING

The HSTP fulfills the federal requirements of the current federal transportation legislation Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

2021 HSTP

2017 HSTP

The Transportation Equity Acts and Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act require a planning process to include analysis of urban congestion, provide short and long-range goals, and objectives and strategies to mitigate the effects of congestion.

M&O PLAN (2009)

M&O PLAN (2023)













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