Analysis of the Governance of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in the United States for Potential Application to North Carolina
Analysis of the Governance of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in the United States for Potential Application to North Carolina

Author: Larry R. Goode

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Published: 2001

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North Carolina has seventeen different metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) responsible for transportation planning. Many of these MPOs face problems in both representation and governance. These include: boundary issues associated with city, county and state boundaries; representational issues concerning a city dominating, or being dominated by, the MPO; structural issues surrounding committee and voting structures; and so on. The goal of this study was to consider recommendations for restructuring the governmental frameworks for North Carolina's MPOs in order to improve their ability to deal with regional issues. The research team conducted a Web-based survey of MPOs across the country. In addition, we performed a series of case studies involving interviews, detailed secondary research, and direct observations of actual MPO policy meetings.

Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Metropolitan Planning Organizations

Author: Jonathan Hilliard Lubin

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

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How can regional organizations create differences in coordination and planning decisions based on their organizational and institutional makeup? As metropolitan areas are increasingly expanding beyond the geographical and political boundaries of the local level, Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) have been theorized as a mitigation tool to calming fragmentations of authority at the local level. While literature of the organizations is new, there has been evidence that regional organizations are creating an impact when connecting local and state level organizations to a unified plan handling a wicked problem. A gap in regional literature currently is a specialized look into a standardized group of regional organizations, required to complete specific tasks yet are allowed the freedom to decide on supplemental areas if needed. Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are an example of one such version of regional organizations, a regional organization created by the federal government to provide several standardized documents that fiscally constrain all transportation planning projects within the region. Previous data gathering of these organizations has varied between gathering of several states or of specific regions, only providing minor views of MPOs that may contain differences based on the location or region the MPO is inches In this manuscript, the research has created a national MPO database of all 400+ MPOs within the United States; the information contained includes organizational and institutional makeup of the organization, state influences, interregional partnerships, and goal and objective setting language within their required transportation plan documentation. This dissertation fills further gaps in regional literature and collective action scenarios by examining the local effects of the MPO, its coordination with similar regional entities, and the influences that come upon MPOs when creating long range transportation plans. The research findings suggest that: (1) there are influences of the MPO at the local government level in terms of adoption risk of sustainability plans; (2) that regional to regional coordination is affected by similar risks that local level entities may face; (3) that there are noticeable effects of institutional and organizational pressures towards transportation plan language in regards to sustainability goal and objective setting. Together these studies add important literature to the field of RIGOs, further expanding upon the burgeoning area of research the effects of regional organizations and their inner machinations.

Implementing Physical Activity
Implementing Physical Activity

Author: Russ Pate

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2014-01-08

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1450424996

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Developed through a partnership with the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance and the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, Implementing Physical Activity Strategies profiles 42 physical activity programs that are helping people adopt more active and healthy lifestyles.

Managing Local Government
Managing Local Government

Author: Kimberly L. Nelson

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1506323391

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Managing Local Government: An Essential Guide for Municipal and County Managers offers a practical introduction to the changing structure, forms, and functions of local governments. Taking a metropolitan management perspective, authors Kimberly Nelson and Carl W. Stenberg explain U.S. local government within historical context and provide strategies for effective local government management and problem solving. Real-life scenarios and contemporary issues illustrate the organization and networks of local governments; the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of city and county managers; and the dynamics of the intergovernmental system. Case studies and discussion questions in each chapter encourage critical analysis of the challenges of collaborative governance. Unlike other books on the market, this text’s combined approach of theory and practice encourages students to enter municipal and county management careers and equips them with tools to be successful from day one.

The Decision-making Process in Metropolitan Planning Organizations
The Decision-making Process in Metropolitan Planning Organizations

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Published: 2006

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ISBN-13: 9780542720765

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Metropolitan Planning Organizations (or MPOs) are at the forefront of the transportation planning process, making decisions about transportation investments at a time when transportation planning goes beyond issues of mobility to influence patterns of growth and economic activity, provide accessibility to land, and address non-transportation-specific issues such as air quality, environmental resources consumption, social equity, 'smart growth', or safety and security. This thesis examines the decision-making mechanisms involved in this process. The first chapter provides a review of the history of MPOs and the determining factors and events that led to their current structure. The second chapter details the different structural components and decision-making bodies of MPOs. The third, and final, chapter provides a comparative analysis of the structure and decision-making bodies of a sample of sixty-five MPOs, looking for commonalities or differences. The analysis of the sample MPOs established that two basic premises apply to all MPOs. The first is that they are all structured with professional staff and technical committees, intended to inform the decision-making process in a professional and unbiased way. The second is that bias finds its way into the decision-making process because key decisions are made at the Policy Board level, where elected representatives play a determining role, leaving MPOs subject to the political fluctuations of electoral cycles. The thesis concludes that as new technologies come into play, the complexity of multi-modal, multi jurisdictional, and multi-technological systems will only increase, as will the role of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Metropolitan Governance
Metropolitan Governance

Author: Richard C. Feiock

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2004-08-23

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781589013728

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Metropolitan Governance is the first book to bring together competing perspectives on the question and consequences of centralized vs. decentralized regional government. Presenting original contributions by some of the most notable names in the field of urban politics, this volume examines the organization of governments in metropolitan areas, and how that has an effect on both politics and policy. Existing work on metropolitan governments debates the consequences of interjurisdictional competition, but neglects the role of cooperation in a decentralized system. Feiock and his contributors provide evidence that local governments successfully cooperate through a web of voluntary agreements and associations, and through collective choices of citizens. This kind of "institutional collective action" is the glue that holds institutionally fragmented communities together. The theory of institutional collective action developed here illustrates the dynamics of decentralized governance and identifies the various ways governments cooperate and compete. Metropolitan Governance provides insight into the central role that municipal governments play in the governance of metropolitan areas. It explores the theory of institutional collective action through empirical studies of land use decisions, economic development, regional partnerships, school choice, morality issues, and boundary change—among other issues. A one-of-a-kind, comprehensive analytical inquiry invaluable for students of political science, urban and regional planning, and public administration—as well as for scholars of urban affairs and urban politics and policymakers—Metropolitan Governance blazes new territory in the urban landscape.