MPO Policy and Procedures Manual - Indianapolis Metropolitan ...

Unified Planning Work Program
1. The three MPOs will mutually consult in the development of Unified Planning
Work Programs (UPWP).
2. The three MPOs will share UPWP products.
Modeling
1. The three MPOs will exchange modeling information at appropriate levels of
geography, attempting where possible to relate the data to the MPO's
existing, respective Traffic Analysis Zone systems.
2. The three MPOs will share socio-economic, Census, forecast and survey
data results.
3. The three MPOs will share trip tables and travel demand model assumptions.
4. The three MPOs will consult in the development of enhanced travel demand
models.
5. The three MPOs will share model validation data, including MPA line traffic
volumes and traffic volumes at the external boundaries of the other agencies'
models.
Transportation Plan
1. The three MPOs will consult in defining future scenarios, striving for general
compatibility including overall strategies and major project assumptions.
2. The three MPOs will develop alternative networks that include appropriate
central Indiana strategic connectors.
3. It is understood by the signatories that the three agencies will not necessarily
be at the same stage of plan development at the same time, and coordination
will be tempered by the schedule of each agency’s planning process.
4. The three MPOs will strive to coordinate their plan amendment cycles to
make them concurrent.
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. The three MPOs will consult in the development of TIPs, concerning central
Indiana regional issues.
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2. The three MPOs will share information regarding proposed construction
schedules of projects and their impacts across the MPA boundaries lines
within the central Indiana nine-county area.