MPO Policy and Procedures Manual - Indianapolis Metropolitan ...

equirements to guide the development of an efficient multi-modal transportation system within
the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). See map of the Indianapolis Metropolitan
Planning Area in Appendix A.
Major goals include:
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• Identifying future transportation needs by analyzing existing conditions and trends and
making projections of future changes;
• Providing a factual basis for comprehensive public policies to meet the transportation
needs of the region;
• Preparing plans in which roadways, public transit, airports, railroads, bicycle facilities,
pedestrian facilities and other means of moving people and goods are properly related to
plans and programs for the physical, social, economic, environmental and energy needs
of the region;
• Maintaining a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive planning process that will
enable plans to be kept current in response to changing conditions, while meeting the
requirements of the current surface transportation legislation – the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) – as
well as the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) , Title VI, and Environmental
Justice; and
• Achieving all program goals in the context of actively involving all social and economic
groups of the community in the transportation planning process.
Bylaws of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization
See Appendix B
Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council
MPO plans and recommendations are developed in cooperation with the Indianapolis Regional
Transportation Council (IRTC). The IRTC is composed of a Policy Committee and a Technical
Committee, both of which meet on a quarterly basis. The IRTC also includes a new
Administrative Committee that will consist of five (5) members from the IRTC, including the
Chair of the Policy Committee.
The IRTC Policy Committee consists of the elected and appointed policy officials of local
governments and public agencies within the Indianapolis MPA. The IRTC Technical Committee
consists of planners and engineers from local governments and public agencies within the MPA.
The officers of the IRTC Policy Committee shall consist of a Chair and a Vice-chair who shall be
elected annually from the eligible voting members.
MPO plans and recommendations are first endorsed by the IRTC Technical Committee before
going to the IRTC Policy Committee for final approval. Only items pertaining to the MPO’s
budget and other fiscal matters such as consultant contracts are presented to the Metropolitan
Development Commission (MDC) for adoption subsequent to being approved by the Policy
Committee.