RPO Council Meetings

The National RPO Council of Peers meets annually at the National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference and holds additional meetings as needed.

Minutes from past RPO Council meetings are available here. For information on upcoming RPO Council meetings, visit the Rural Transportation.org Calendar.

Presentations from the March 2008 RPO Council Meeting:

• SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization: Where We Are Headed (PDF)
  Jack Basso, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

• Talking with AMPO (PDF)
  DeLania Hardy, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)

• Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning: FY2008 Update (PDF)
  Jim Cheatham, FHWA Office of Planning

• Office of Federal Lands Highway Orientation (PDF)
  Christy Darden, FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highway

• Network Appalachia: Access to Opportunity in the Global Economy of the 21st Century (PDF)
  Scott Hercik, Appalachian Regional Commission

• Update from the FTA Office of Systems Planning (PDF)
  Charles Goodman, FTA

Presentations from the January 2007 RPO Council Meeting:

• Transportation Planning Capacity Building (PDF)
  Rob Ritter, FHWA
• FHWA Office of Planning FY2007 Update (PDF)
  Rob Ritter, FHWA
• FTA Office of Systems Planning 2007 Update (PDF)
  Charles Goodman, FTA
• National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (PDF)
  Kent Van Landuyt, Missouri Department of Transportation
• Setting the Stage: What is the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety? (PDF)
  Gina Baas, University of Minnesota's Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
• American Planning Association and Rural Transportation Education (PDF)
  Carolyn Torma, APA

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