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Albany

  • Contact Name: Tanner Anderson
  • Contact Title: Planner 2
  • Contact Phone: 229-302-1843
  • Contact Email: taanderson@albanyga.gov
  • Website: http://dartsmpo.org/
  • Address: 240 Pin Ave., Ste. 300, Albany, GA 31701
  • Population: 118,953
  • 2020 UZA: 85,960
  • Year MPO Designated:
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour:
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: No Data
    • NOx: No Data
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5:
    • SO2: No Data
  • Designation and Structure: Eight-member Policy Board; Policy Boar voting members include elected officials, State DOT.
  • Committee Structure: Technical Committee - local engineering and planning advisory board; Citizen Advisory Committee - citizens appointed by local governments.
  • Program Activities: Travel Demand Forecasting - TRANPLAN software; Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Air Quality; Congestion Management System; Intermodal Management System; Safety/Accident Studies; Freight Planning; Traffic Counting; Travel Demand Forecasting - ARC INFO softw

Athens-Clarke County

  • Contact Name: Robert Walker
  • Contact Title: Transportation Planner
  • Contact Phone: 706-613-3515
  • Contact Email: robert.walker@accgov.com
  • Website: http://www.macorts.org/
  • Address: 120 West Dougherty Street Athens, GA 30601-2613
  • Population: 201,590
  • 2020 UZA: 142,800
  • Year MPO Designated: 1969
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour:
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
    • NOx: Attainment
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Technical Coordinating Committee, Policy Committee and Citizen Advisory Committee.
  • Committee Structure: TCC - reps from GA DOT, FHWA, local governmental authorities, and citizen reps from each county, GA DOT, Navy School, UGA - currently designated at citizen-at-large; rep from Oconee County named to each committee and Planning Commission reps for Madison
  • Program Activities: Travel Demand Forecasting - TRANPLAN software; Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Congestion Management System; Intermodal Management System; Traffic Counting; GIS - ARC INFO and ARCVIEW software.

Atlanta Regional Commission

  • Contact Name: Elizabeth Sanford
  • Contact Title: Manager
  • Contact Phone: 404-388-6776
  • Contact Email: esanford@atlantaregional.org
  • Website: https://atlantaregional.org/what-we-do/transportation-planning/
  • Address: 229 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30303
  • Population: 5,636,851
  • 2020 UZA: 5,100,112
  • Year MPO Designated: 1971
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  • Nonattainment Status:
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  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by state law and memorandum of Agreement between ARC, GDOT and MARTA; 39-member Policy Board includes local elected officials and citizen members.
  • Committee Structure:  Transportation Coordinating Committee, Transportation & Air Quality Committee (both with representatives from 19 counties, state planning and environmental agencies & local transit providers.
  • Program Activities: Transportation Improvement Program; Metropolitan Transportation Plan; freight planning; corridor studies; bike/ped planning; ITS planning; travel demand forecasting; GIS); air quality conformity analysis; vehicle emissions modeling; TCM analysis; congestion management studies; land use planning; commuter assistance - ridesharing, telecommuting, guaranteed ride home, employer outreach; and socioeconomic studies - socioec data forecasting, workforce development, economic development

Augusta-Richmond County

  • Contact Name: Mariah Harris
  • Contact Title: Strategic Planning Manager
  • Contact Phone: 706-821-1810
  • Contact Email: mharris2@augustaga.gov
  • Website: http://www.augustaga.gov/680/ARTS-MPO
  • Address: Augusta Planning and Development Department Augusta- Richmond County Municipal Building 535 Telfair Street, Suite 300
  • Population: 498,147
  • 2020 UZA: 431,480
  • Year MPO Designated: 1970
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Augusta Richmond County, and the Cities of Hephzibah and Blythe in Georgia; the Fort Eisenhower Military Reservation; parts of Columbia County, including the City of Grovetown; and, parts of Aiken and Edgefield Counties in South Carolina, including the Cities of Aiken, North Augusta, New Ellenton and Burnettown
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone, 1 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: No Data
    • NOx: No Data
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: No Data
  • Designation and Structure: Policy Board- 14 voting members representing elected officials in Georgia and South Carolina.
  • Committee Structure: Technical Committee - planner, engineers, transit staff; Citizens Advisory Committee - private citizens; Policy Committee - elected officials and DOT representatives.
  • Program Activities: ADA Planning; Long Range Transportation Planning for Highways, Transit; Congestion Management System; Accident Studies; Travel Demand; Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Intermodal Planning; Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Transportation Improvement Program, Regional Freight Study.

Brunswick

  • Contact Name: John Gentry
  • Contact Title: MPO Director/ Assistant County Manager
  • Contact Phone: 912-554-7413
  • Contact Email: jgentry@glynncounty-ga.gov
  • Website: https://www.glynncounty.org/303/Metropolitan-Planning-Organization-MPO-a
  • Address: 1725 Reynolds Street, Suite 200, Brunswick GA 31520
  • Population: 79,964
  • 2020 UZA: 68,750
  • Year MPO Designated: 1990
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour:
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: No Data
    • NOx: No Data
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by Memorandum of Understanding; 10-member Policy Board; Policy Board voting members include local elected/appointed local officials, State DOT, airport, port, chamber of commerce.
  • Committee Structure: Technical Coordinating Committee; Citizen Advisory Committee; Policy Committee.
  • Program Activities: Travel Demand Forecasting; Unified Planning Work Programs, Transportation Improvement Programs, Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Safety/Accident Studies; Long Range Transportation Plan; Parking Studies; Freight Plan, Corridor Studies.

Cartersville Bartow

  • Contact Name: Tom Sills
  • Contact Title: CBMPO Transportation Projects Manager
  • Contact Phone: 770-607-6265
  • Contact Email: sillst@bartowcountyga.gov
  • Website: http://www.bartowcountyga.gov/mpo
  • Address: 135 W. Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120
  • Population: 108,901
  • 2020 UZA: 21,940
  • Year MPO Designated: 2013
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour:
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
    • NOx: Attainment
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Not specified
  • Committee Structure: Technical Advisory Committee (TCC), and the Policy and Coordinating Committee (PCC)
  • Program Activities: Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Long-Range and Short-Range Transportation Planning and Programming (for highways and transit); Congestion Management; Corridor Studies; Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning; Coordinated Transit Planning; ADA Planning; Parking Studies; Development reviews

Coastal Region MPO (CORE-MPO)

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  • Website: http://www.thempc.org/
  • Address: P.O. Box 8246 110 East State Street Savannah, GA 31412-8246
  • Population: 260,677 – Savannah Urbanized Area Population based on 2010 census
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  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone, 1 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
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    • PM10: Attainment
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    • SO2: No Data
  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by Memorandum of Understanding; 23-member Policy Board (CORE MPO Board); The membership of the CORE MPO Board shall consist of elected officials of the local government entities or their designees, GDOT representative, as well as modal representatives from the transit and airport.
  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee ("CORE MPO Board"); Technical Coordinating Committee; Economic Development and Freight Advisory Committee; Citizens Advisory Committee; Advisory Committee on Accessible Transportation.
  • Program Activities: Travel Demand Forecasting; Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Long-Range and Short-Range Transportation Planning and Programming (for highways and transit); Context Sensitive Design; Congestion Management; Corridor Studies; Sector Studies; Commuter Assistance Rideshare/Carpool Planning/Guaranteed Ride Home/Employer Outreach; Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning; Coordinated Transit Planning/JARC/NF Planning; ADA Planning; Parking Studies; Intermodal Planning.

Columbus – Phenix City

  • Contact Name: Will Johnson
  • Contact Title: Planning Director
  • Contact Phone: 706-653-4116
  • Contact Email: wjohnson@columbusga.org
  • Website: http://www.columbusga.org/planning/
  • Address: 420 10th Street Columbus, GA 31901
  • Population: 220,698
  • 2020 UZA: Columbus, GA - AL
  • Year MPO Designated: 1964
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Phenix City, parts of Lee and Russell counties, AL; Fort Benning and Chattahoochee County, and part of Harris County, GA.
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour:
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
    • NOx: Attainment
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Not specified.
  • Committee Structure: Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), Technical Advisory Committee (TCC), and the Policy and Coordinating Committee (PCC)
  • Program Activities: transportation planning, land use, air quality, historic preservation, urban design, subdivision plat reviews

Gainesville-Hall

  • Contact Name: Joseph Boyd
  • Contact Title: Director
  • Contact Phone: 770-297-5541
  • Contact Email: jboyd@hallcounty.org
  • Website: http://www.ghmpo.org/
  • Address: 3rd Floor, Hall County Government Center 2875 Browns Bridge Road Gainesville, Georgia 30504
  • Population: 223,000
  • 2020 UZA: 165,673
  • Year MPO Designated: 2003
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Gainesville, Oakwood, Flowery Branch, Braselton, Hoschton, Hall County, Jackson County
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Maintenance
    • Ozone, 1 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
    • NOx: Attainment
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Maintenance/Partial Orphan Area
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Designated by Governor
  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee, Technical Coordinating Committee, Citizen's Advisory Committee
  • Program Activities: Long Range Transportation Plan, Transportation Improvement Program, Transit Planning, Unified Planning Work Program; Freight Planning, ITS Planning, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Land-use planning, Socioeconomic Studies.

Greater Dalton

  • Contact Name: James Davis
  • Contact Title: MPO Administrator
  • Contact Phone: 706-876-2592
  • Contact Email: jtdavis@whitfieldcountyga.com
  • Website: https://www.whitfieldcountyga.com/government/departments/community_development/greater_dalton_metropolitan_planning_organization.php#outer-161
  • Address: 201 South Hamilton Street, Dalton, GA 30720
  • Population: 102,864
  • 2020 UZA: 67,830
  • Year MPO Designated: 2009
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Whitfield County, City of Dalton, City of Tunnel Hill, City of Cohutta, City of Varnell, a portion of Murray County
  • Nonattainment Status:
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    • Ozone: No Data
    • CO: No Data
    • Lead: No Data
    • NOx: No Data
    • PM10: No Data
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  • Designation and Structure: Designated by Governor
  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee, Technical Coordinating Committee, Citizen's Advisory Committee
  • Program Activities: Long Range Transportation Plan, Transportation Improvement Program, Transit Planning, Unified Planning Work Program; Freight Planning, ITS Planning, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Land-use planning, Socioeconomic Studies.

Hinesville

  • Contact Name: Jeff Ricketson, AICP
  • Contact Title: Executive Director
  • Contact Phone: 912-408-2030
  • Contact Email: jricketson@thelcpc.org
  • Website: http://thelcpc.org/hampo/
  • Address: 100 Main Street. Suite 7520, Hineville, GA 31313 (Office is in Rm 2100)
  • Population: 70,563 (2010 MPA)
  • 2020 UZA: 53,107
  • Year MPO Designated: 2003
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Liberty County, Long County, Hinesville, Allenhurst, Flemington, Gam Branch, Midway, Riceboro, and Walthourville
  • Nonattainment Status:
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  • Designation and Structure: 16-member Policy Committee, 21-member Technical Coordinating Committee, and 18-member Citizens Advisory Committee
  • Committee Structure: The Policy Committee (PC) is made up of the chief elected and appointed officials from all of the municipalities within the HAMPO region of Liberty County and a portion of Long County, as well as executives from the local, state and federal agencies conce
  • Program Activities: Long-Range Transportation Planning (for highways and transit); Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning; Intermodal Planning; Socioeconomic Data Forecasting; Comprehensive Planning

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission

  • Contact Name: Michael J. (Mike) Greenwald, Ph.D., AICP
  • Contact Title: MPO Administrator
  • Contact Phone: 478-241-2566
  • Contact Email: mgreenwald@mbpz.org
  • Website: https://www.maconmpo.com/
  • Address: 3661 Eisenhower Pkwy, Suite MB 1104, Macon,  GA 31206
  • Population: 171,285
  • 2020 UZA: 138,941
  • Year MPO Designated: 1964
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: Macon-Bibb County Consolidated Government; Jones County; Monroe County; Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority; Macon Water Authority; Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority
  • Nonattainment Status:
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    • Ozone: Maintenance
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  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by Intergovernmental Agreement; Planning Agency (MPO-Macon Area Transportation Study) for Transportation Element of SIP; 21-member Policy Committee (12 voting; 9 non-voting); Policy Committee voting members include local elected officials from Consolidated Macon-Bibb County, Jones County and Monroe County; Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority; Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority; Macon Water Authority; MATS MPO Citizens' Advisory Committee; Georgia Dept. of Transportation.
  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee; Technical Committee; Citizens' Advisory Committee.
  • Program Activities: Transportation Improvement Program; Metropolitan Transportation Plan; Conformity Determination Reports; Transit Planning; Corridor Studies; GIS; Land Use Planning.

Rome-Floyd MPO

  • Contact Name: Julie Blanton Smith
  • Contact Title: Trails and Transportation Planner
  • Contact Phone: 706-236-5026 / 706-844-8509
  • Contact Email: jbsmith@romega.us
  • Website: http://www.romega.us/
  • Address: 607 Broad Street Rome, GA 30162-1433
  • Population: 98,604
  • 2020 UZA: 60,403
  • Year MPO Designated: 1983
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone, 1 hour:
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: No Data
    • NOx: No Data
    • PM10: Attainment
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    • SO2: No Data
  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by Intergovernmental Agreement; ten-member Policy Board; Policy Board voting members include local elected officials, State DOT.
  • Committee Structure: Technical Committee - transportation specialists and key staff of member jurisdictions; Policy Committee - City and County Managers and Commissioners, GA DOT, FHWA, CA
  • Program Activities: Long Range Transportation Planning, Bike/Ped/Trail Planning, Transportation Improvement Program, Transit Planning, Unified Planning Work Program, Regional Freight Plan, Land Use Planning, Intermodal Planning

Savannah

  • Contact Name: Melanie Wilson and Wykoda Wang
  • Contact Title: Executive Director & CEO and  Director of Transportation Administration
  • Contact Phone: 912.651.1440 and  912.651.1466
  • Contact Email: wilsonm@thempc.org
  • Website: https://www.thempc.org/Core#gsc.tab=0
  • Address: 110 E. State Street, Savannah GA 31401
  • Population: 379,921 (within CORE MPO Metropolitan Planning Area adopted in 2024)
  • 2020 UZA: 316,446
  • Year MPO Designated: 1963
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area: the Counties of Bryan, Chatham and Effingham; the municipalities of Bloomingdale, Garden City, Guyton, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Richmond Hill, Rincon, Savannah, Thunderbolt, Tybee Island, and Vernonburg
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  • Designation and Structure: Authorized by Memorandum of Understanding among the Counties of Bryan, Chatham and Effingham; the municipalities of Bloomingdale, Garden City, Guyton, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Richmond Hill, Rincon, Savannah, Thunderbolt, Tybee Island, and Vernonburg; and the agencies of the Chatham County - Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission, the Chatham Area Transit Authority, the Georgia Ports Authority, the Savannah Airport Commission, and the Georgia Department of Transportation.  The 23-member Policy Board (CORE MPO Board) consists of elected officials of the local government entities or their designees, the GDOT representative, the modal representatives from the Transit, Port and Airport, the MPC Chairperson, as well as the EDFAC Chairperson.
  • Committee Structure: The organization of the CORE MPO consists of the CORE MPO Board and four (4) advisory committees: (1) the Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), (2) the Economic Development and Freight Advisory Committee (EDFAC), (3) the Transportation Equity and Public Involvement Advisory Committee (TEPIAC), and (4) the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). Additional committees, subcommittees and ad hoc committees shall be formed as deemed necessary. The Chatham County - Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) will provide staff support to the CORE MPO.
  • Program Activities: Metropolitan Transportation Plan; Transportation Improvement Program; freight planning; corridor studies; bike/ped planning; GIS; congestion management process; resiliency planning; land use – transportation connection.

Valdosta-Lowndes MPO

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  • Website: http://www.sgrc.us/
  • Address: 1937 Carlton Adams Dr. Valdosta, GA 31601
  • Population: 109,702
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  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Attainment
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  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, Citizen's Advisory Committee
  • Program Activities: Crash Analysis, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning, Corridor Analysis, Travel Demand Modeling, Transit Planning, Freight Planning, etc.

Warner Robins MPO

  • Contact Name: Jessica Bird
  • Contact Title: Transportation Planner
  • Contact Phone: 478-302-5505
  • Contact Email: jbird@wrga.gov
  • Website: https://www.wrga.gov/o/wrc/page/warner-robins-area-transportation-study
  • Address: 610B Watson Boulevard, Warner Robins, GA 31093
  • Population: 175,800
  • 2020 UZA: 141,132
  • Year MPO Designated: 1982
  • Other Jurisdictions in MPO Area:
  • Nonattainment Status:
    • Ozone, 8 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone, 1 hour: Attainment
    • Ozone: Attainment
    • CO: Attainment
    • Lead: Attainment
    • NOx: Attainment
    • PM10: Attainment
    • PM2.5: Attainment
    • SO2: Attainment
  • Designation and Structure: Designated by the Governor with Memorandum of Agreement between Cities of Warner Robins, Perry, Byron, and Centerville and the Counties of Houston and Peach, Robins AFB, Middle Georgia RC, and GDOT in cooperation with FHWA.
  • Committee Structure: Policy Committee, Technical Coordinating Committee, and Citizens Advisory Committee
  • Program Activities: Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Transportation Improvement Program, Unified Planning Work Program, Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Transit Feasibility Study.