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As urban areas grow, they eventually fill up the central core cities and often subsume neighboring towns and cities that were previously separate. Cross-border travel patterns thus defy service at the municipal scale, requiring instead that large regions containing many jurisdictions work together. The process is described by which the jurisdictions of the 13-county, 100-mi region surrounding Charlotte, North Carolina, formed a new superregional transportation planning organization, larger than metropolitan planning organizations and counties, across two states. The emerging need for such agencies is reviewed, and the Charlotte organization--the Carolinas Transportation Compact (CTC)--is described in detail. A strong project-oriented work program, a neutral host, advocacy instead of operating roles, local funding, and galvanizing issues are necessary to success. The future of CTC is bright because it has developed solid complementary working relationships with state and local governments and provides a forum for the pursuit of cooperative regional solutions to regional problems.

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Cooperation; Governments; Intergovernmental relations; Local government; Metropolitan planning organizations; Regional planning; Regional transportation; State government; Transportation planning

Charlotte (North Carolina); United States

Charlotte (North Carolina); United States

Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration

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• ANALYSIS OF TRANSIT SERVICE AREAS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS PACKAGES IN SUPERREGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MODELING
• APPLICATIONS OF WEIGH-IN-MOTION DATA IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• AREAWIDE ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE TRIP GENERATION RATES FOR ROUTE 9A RECONSTRUCTION ON MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE
• CALIBRATION AND ADJUSTMENT OF WEIGH-IN-MOTION DATA
• CHALLENGES CONFRONTING METROPOLITAN PORTLAND'S TRANSPORTATION DECISION SYSTEM
• CREATING A MUNICIPAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION: CASE STUDY OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS
• DECENTRALIZATION OF JOBS AND EMERGING SUBURBAN COMMUTE
• DIFFUSION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING APPLICATIONS IN METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS: RESULTS OF NATIONAL SURVEY
• FACTORS AFFECTING AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP AND USE
• GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-BASED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
• HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM ANALYTICAL PROCESS APPLICATION TO KENTUCKY'S ADEQUACY PROGRAM
• LOCATION PLANNING FOR COMPANIES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES: A PROMISING POLICY TO REDUCE CAR USE
• MATCHING PLANNING STYLES AND ROLES IN TRANSPORTATION TO CONDITIONS OF UNCERTAINTY AND STATE TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW
• PHOENIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SURVEY AND TRAVEL MODELS
• PLANNING FOR TEXAS' NEEDS USING HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM ANALYTICAL PROCESS
• PROPOSED METHOD FOR CALIBRATING WEIGH-IN-MOTION SYSTEMS AND FOR MONITORING THAT CALIBRATION OVER TIME
• ROADWAY LEVELS OF SERVICE IN AN ERA OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT
• TRANSPORTATION NETWORK DESIGN USING A CUMULATIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM AND NEURAL NETWORK
• TRIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR SYSTEM TO CLASSIFY VEHICLES
• USE OF HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND BRIDGE NEEDS AND INVESTMENT PROCESS FOR REPORTING CONDITIONS, NEEDS, AND PERFORMANCE TRENDS
• USE OF HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM IN RECLASSIFYING RURAL HIGHWAYS IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN KANSAS