Metropolitan Planning

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:

Download map of MPO boundaries

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Information

MPO Address and Contact List

Ashland MPO
FIVCO Area Development District
Boyd and Greenup Counties

Bowling Green - Warren County MPO
Bowling Green MPO
Warren County

Cincinnati - Northern KY MPO
Ohio - Kentucky - Indiana Regional Council of Governments
Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties

Clarksville MPO
Clarksville Urbanized Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Christian County

Evansville-Henderson MPO
Evansville Metropolitan Planning Organization
Henderson County

Lexington MPO
Lexington Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Fayette and Jessamine Counties

Louisville 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

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Information

MPO Area Functional Class Maps

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