Purpose
	Federal transportation legislation requires that a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) be designated for each urban area with a population of more than 50,000 people in order to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process. Each urban area with a population greater then 200,000 is designated as a Transportation Management Area (TMA.) The Division of Planning coordinates transportation planning activities with the nine (9) MPOs across the state. There are now 4 TMAs in Kentucky: Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, and Evansville/Henderson. The non-TMA MPOs are Ashland, Bowling Green, Clarksville, Owensboro, and Radcliff-Elizabethtown. The MPO planning boundaries are identified below:

	MPO
	MPO Webpages click for links Ashland MPO FIVCO Area Development District Boyd and Greenup Counties Bowling Green - Warren County MPO Barren River Area Development District Warren County Cincinnati - Northern KY MPO Ohio - Kentucky - Indiana Regional Council of Governments Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties Clarksville Urbanized Area MPO Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission Christian County Evansville-Henderson MPO Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization Henderson County Lexington Area MPO Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Fayette and Jessamine Counties Louisville, Kentucky MPO Kentuckian Planning and Development Agency Jefferson, Bullitt, and Oldham Counties Owensboro - Daviess County MPO Green River Area Development District Daviess County Radcliff - Elizabethtown MPO Lincoln Trail Area Development District Hardin and Meade Counties KYTC Information for MPOs click for links KYTC Guidelines and Checklist for UPWP September 2007 MPO Document Status Report MPO Address and Contact List Routing and Information Sheet for MPO Work Programs, TIPs, LRTPs, and Public Notices/Resolutions MPO Flowchart KYTC/MPO SAFETEA-LU Planning Analysis Tool Planning Guidance - Draft