2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-223.2:25. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Transportation planning duties and responsibilities of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

The Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) of Virginia 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 multimodal transportation projects, including those managed at the statewide level either by the Virginia Department of Transportation or the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. The purpose of the plan is to comply with federal regulations and provide the MPOs and the region a source of candidate projects for the MPOs' use in developing regional Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) and serving as an input to assist the Commonwealth with the development of the statewide Long-Range Plan (VTrans).

The MPOs shall develop amendments for their regional TIPs in accordance with federal regulations.

The MPOs shall be required to coordinate planning and programming actions with those of the Commonwealth and duly established public transit agencies in accordance with federal regulations.

The MPOs shall examine the structure and cost of transit operations within the regions they represent and incorporate the results of these inquiries in their plans and shall endorse long-range plans for assuring maximum utilization and integration of mass transportation facilities throughout the Commonwealth.

The MPOs shall 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.

2011, c. 554.