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Meet the staff . . .
Tom Kane
Representatives
Technical Committee
Policy Committee
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The Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning
Alliance (CIRTPA) organized in May 1994, to carry out transportation planning
for the eight counties in Central Iowa. The CIRTPA serves as the designated
regional transportation planning agency for the Iowa Department of
Transportation's (Iowa DOT) Region 11 for coordinating planning and programming
efforts in the region and fostering new partnerships with state and local
officials.
The CIRTPA's Regional Transportation Planning Area includes Boone, Jasper, Marion, and Story counties and those portions of Dallas, Madison, Polk and Warren counties not included as port of the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) Planning Area. Members of the CIRTPA include the eight counties noted above, as well as ten cities: Adel, Boone, Indianola, Knoxville, Nevada, Newton, Pella, Perry, Story City, and Winterset. The CIRTPA has an agreement with the MPO for support services in carrying out its transportation planning responsibilities.
The CIRTPA cooperates with a number of agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Iowa DOT, the Des Moines Area MPO, the Ames Area MPO, the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Authority, and the CIRTPA's ten member communities and eight member counties in fulfilling its transportation planning responsibilities.
The CIRTPA Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) receives input and
recommendations from its Transportation Technical Committee. In addition to
the TTC, the CIRTPA will establish and support other communities, as needed,
on various transportation-related issues relevant to the CIRTPA's
responsibilities. The CIRTPA also can request citizens to serve on these
committees, as appropriate. As part of a newly adopted public participation
process, the CIRTPA encourages input by and communication from citizens in
performing its transportation responsibilities.
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