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The RPC is responsible for the organization
and maintenance of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the 27 towns
in the RPC planning region.
The major transportation planning tasks carried
out in the MPO Study Area include the following and are further specified in the
Unified Planning Work Program
and the MPO Prospectus:
- Establishing and maintaining the MPO ("3Cs") transportation planning process, involving local state and federal officials, ensuring that local and regional transportation needs are accounted for the prioritization of federally funded projects;
- Developing and maintaining MPO Planning Documents, including the Long Range Transportation Plan and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
- Coordination with NHDOT and local communities on the development and review of the State's Ten Year Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP).
- Developing, maintaining and utilizing the travel
demand model for the MPO region, required for assessing the impacts of changes in the transportation system on regional air quality;
- Maintaining a traffic counting and turning movement count program and offering related services to communities;
- Assisting communities to develop transportation project proposals for the CMAQ and Transportation Enhancement, and STP Programs.
- Assisting in the development and implementation of the statewide ridesharing program in the region, including conducting a major employer outreach program;
- Monitoring and promoting the establishment of improved commuter programs.
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