The
Johnson City Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO)
serves as a regional transportation planning and coordination agency
for the Johnson City Urbanized Area. This area includes Elizabethton,
Jonesborough, Johnson City and part of the Town of Unicoi, as well
as the urbanized* areas of Carter and Washington Counties. It should
be noted the Urbanized Area is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The
MTPO is charged with the “Continuing, Cooperative and Comprehensive”
(3Cs) planning process for transportation.
This
process requires MTPO to work directly with local, state and federal
agencies and the general public to develop and administer a wide
range of transportation program activities. Listed below are some
of the major work areas of the MTPO.
Johnson
City 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan
2008-2011
Transportatioin Improvement Plan
Unified
Planning and Work Program
The MTPO has an Executive
Board which is comprised of publicly elected officials from
each representative jurisdiction and an Executive
Staff which is comprised of the chief administrative of ficials
of jurisdictions and agencies that are involved
in transportation planning activities. The MTPO also has a staff
(Transportation Planning Coordinator and Project Manager) who carry
the day to day activities of the MTPO.