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The Mid-America
Regional Council is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) for the Kansas City metropolitan area. As the MPO, MARC receives
federal funds to develop regional transportation plans and programs
and to coordinate technical and policy studies on a wide range of
transportation issues, working in cooperation with the
Kansas Department of Transportation, the
Missouri Department of Transportation, local governments
and transit providers.
MARC’s
transportation planning activities encompass all of Cass, Wyandotte,
Johnson and Jackson counties, and portions of Leavenworth, Platte and
Clay counties (see
Boundary Map).
The primary
products of the transportation planning process include:
Together
these documents provide a blueprint for the development of the region’s
transportation system and direct the expenditure of federal funds
for highways, transit, bikeways and other modes of transportation. |
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Transportation
Outlook 2040
Metropolitan Kansas City's long-range transportation plan
External Station Survey results presentation
presented to TTPC on 9/23/08
Submit public input on Transportation Improvement Plan proposed changes
DEADLINE: October 13, 2008
Smart Moves Regional Transit Proposal (Clay, Jackson and Platte counties)
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| EVENTS |
October 13, 2008
Transportation Outlook 2040 community discussion, 6-8 p.m., Kansas City Baptist Temple
October 14, 2008
Transportation Outlook 2040 community discussion, 6-8 p.m., Kansas City, Kan., Public Library - West
October 16, 2008
Transportation Outlook 2040 community discussion, 6-8 p.m., Kansas City, Mo., Library - Plaza
October 23, 2008
Transportation Outlook 2040 community discussion, 6-8 p.m., Sylvester Powell Community Center
October 28, 2008
Eco-Logical Project Workshops: Sustainable Transportation Systems, 9-11 a.m.
October 29, 2008
Transportation Outlook 2040 community discussion, 6-8 p.m., Gladstone Community Center
August 28-October 28, 2008
Destination: Safe contest for TV ad on safe driving
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