Journey 2035 - About OTO
What is an MPO?
MPO stands for “Metropolitan Planning Organization.” The Ozarks Transportation Organization (OTO) MPO is the federally designated regional transportation planning organization that serves as a forum for cooperative transportation decision-making by state and local governments, and regional transportation and planning agencies. MPO’s are charged with maintaining and conducting a “continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive” regional transportation planning and project programming process for the MPO’s study area. The study area is defined as the area projected to become urbanized within the next 20 years.
The MPO includes local elected and appointed officials from Christian and Greene Counties, and the cities of Battlefield, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Springfield, Strafford and Willard. It also includes technical staffs from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Staff from local governments and area transportation agencies serve on the MPO’s Technical Committee (TC) which provides technical review, comments, and recommendations on draft MPO plans, programs, studies, and issues.
MPO Study Area Map
Public Surveys
OTO has developed a survey with which the public will provide input for the Long Range Transportation Plan (Journey 2035) process. The information taken from these surveys will feed the recommendations within Journey 2035. RESULTS
Plan Chapters
- Complete FINAL APPROVED Plan
- Plan Summary and 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Public Participation
- 3 - Regional Trends
- 4 - Goals and Performance Measures
- 5 - Major Thoroughfare Plan
- 6 - Public Transit
- 7 - Inter-City Surface Transportation
- 8 - Bicycle and Pedestrian
- 9 - Aviation
- 10 - Goods Movement
- 11 - Environmental Considerations
- 12- Financial Capacity
- 13 - Project Selection
- 14 - Summary of Strategies
- A - Public Official Workshop Results
- B - Public Input Meeting Comments
- C - Public Input Survey Results
- D - Public Hearing Comments
- E - Visualizations
- F - Roadway Capacity and Volume
- G - Major Thoroughfare Plan Changes
- H - TDP Recommendations
- I - Human Service Agencies
- J - Programmed Projectes 2012-2015
- K - Prioritization Glossary