Please
view the Draft FY 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Plan
(TIP) by clicking
here.
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
2011-2014
Transportatioin Improvement Plan
Unified
Planning and Work Program (completed yearly)
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 officials
of jurisdictions and agencies that are involved
in transportation planning activities. The MTPO also has a staff
(Transportation Planning Coordinator and Project Manager) who carryout
the day to day activities of the MTPO.