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https://doi.org/10.3141/2244-10

http://scholar.google.com...rman&publication_year=2011

The nation’s 385 metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are required to maintain a comprehensive, continuing, and coordinated transportation planning and programming process. To perform these required tasks, operational funding is required to pay staff and other costs. This paper explores the sources of MPO funding and the disposal of those funds. The information contained was collected as a part of a larger survey that obtained responses from 133 MPOs from around the country. Federal assistance received through four different programs dominates the budgets of MPOs; however, all federal funds require a 20% match. Some states meet this match, but for many MPOs, funds must be raised locally. Seventy-eight percent of responding MPOs receive local money, which can be used to match federal funds, to pay for prohibited expenses, or to supplement the agency’s budget. Methods for raising and expending local funds are discussed in detail. The requirements and characteristics of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) are discussed. Responding MPOs expend 25% of their collective budget on consultants, while informational or pass-through funds account for about 17% of the UPWP.

01359893

11-0016

English

pp 76-80

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167642

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Budgeting; Consultants; Financing; Government funding; Metropolitan planning organizations; Operating revenues; Surveys

Unified Planning Work Program

Matching funds

Administration and Management; Finance; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 17 2011 5:18PM

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