Planning Activities
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.
External Activities
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.