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The MPO
Wants to Know...

As part of the MPO's effort to implement a comprehensive, coordinated, and continuing multimodal transportation planning process, we undertake a variety of planning activities. The MPO cooperates with numerous agencies as we endeavor to improve the regional transportation system.

In addition to MPO planning activities, MPO staff members serve on a plethora of boards and committees, all of which contribute to creating an improved metropolitan transportation system. These include:

1000 Friends of Iowa;
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority Commission;
Des Moines and Raccoon River Greenways Task Force;
Environmental Protection Agency's Blue Skyways Collaborative;
Federal Highway Administration;
Greater Des Moines Partnership;
Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency Board of Directors;
Heartland Highway Freight Corridor Consortium;
International Traders of Iowa;
Iowa Department of Transportation's Passenger Rail Advisory Committee;
Iowa Department of Transportation's Metropolitan Planning Organization          Directors Committee;
Iowa Department of Transportation's Regional Planning Alliance Directors          Committee;
Iowa Geographic Information Council;
Iowa Public Transit Association;
Iowa State University Department of Community & Regional Planning's          Planning Advisory Council;
Iowa State University's Institute for Transportation;
Iowa Transportation Coordination Council;
ITS Heartland;
Midwest Travel Model Users Group;
National Association of Regional Councils;
National Cooperative Highway Research Program;
North American Inland Ports Network;
North America's SuperCorridor Coalition;
Transit 2030 Vision Task Force;
Transportation Management Association;
Transportation Research Board;
Travel Model Improvement Program;
United States Department of Transportation; and,
U.S. 30 Coalition of Iowa.