Missouri

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has outlined a framework that will bring about improvements in the state’s transportation planning and decision-making process. Working with the state’s metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), regional planning commissions (RPCs), public officials, special interest groups and citizens, MoDOT is able to determine and refine a statewide transportation vision in the long-range transportation plan which includes policies and goals and a fiscally constrained strategy to achieve the highest-priority components of the plan.

One of the main goals of the planning framework is to ensure that the general public and local officials actively participate in the process. MoDOT has been able to achieve this with its MPO and RPC planning partners. “Through the planning framework process, there has been a greater influence by the local officials and the general public in the transportation decision-making process. This process has provided MoDOT with the local input needed to make responsible transportation decisions,” said Bill Stone, Technical Support Engineer, MoDOT.

MoDOT works closely with the regional commissions to develop regional transportation plans that include long-term goals, needs identification and public outreach. These plans must be approved by the regional commission’s board of directors, which consist of local officials. The regional plans are then forwarded to the state for consideration in the development of the state’s transportation plan.

"Missourians depend on MoDOT and their local officials to work together to make the best use of limited transportation funds. Local officials have a unique understanding of the needs and desires of their communities at a grassroots level," said Kent Van Landuyt, Federal Liaison, MoDOT.

For more information, see:

Meramec Regional Planning Commission Work Program (PDF)

A New Voice in State Transportation Planning and Decision Making (PDF)

A Practitioners Guide to the New Framework for Transportation Decision-Making (PDF)

The Involvement of Regional Planning Organizations in the Statewide Transportation Planning Process
by Kent B. Van Landuyt, Missouri Department of Transportation

Your Voice in Transportation Planning and Decision-Making, MoDOT (PDF)



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