The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) is the
metropolitan planning organization A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization in the United States that is made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authoriti ...
for
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
,
Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley (
Putnam,
Rockland, and
Westchester counties). It is a federally mandated planning forum to allow the ten counties it represents to coordinate the use of federal transportation funds. NYMTC was created in 1982 after the disbanding of the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, a metropolitan planning organization for the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Unlike most other Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in the United States, NYMTC's staff are all employees of the
New York State Department of Transportation.
Voting members of NYMTC comprise representatives of the counties of Putnam, Rockland, Westchester,
Nassau
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Canada
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*Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
, and
Suffolk; the New York City Departments of
City Planning
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and
Transportation
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; the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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(MTA) and the
New York State Department of Transportation. Unlike some other MPOs, all NYMTC votes must be
consensus-based, meaning all the voting members must agree on transportation funding resolutions before they can be approved. Despite the policy and multi-billion dollar budget implications of the votes, there is a noticeable absence of public dissent or even discussion of issues amongst the voting members.
Nonvoting members include representatives of the
Federal Highway Administration
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,
Federal Transit Administration
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,
New Jersey Transit
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,
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
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,
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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, and the
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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.
The NYMTC region includes New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley. It encompasses an area of and a population of 12.6 million, which was approximately 65% of New York State's population in 2009.
To respond to local needs, NYMTC is divided into three Transportation Coordinating Committees (TCC): New York City TCC, Mid-Hudson South TCC and Nassau/Suffolk TCC. These committees recommend sub-regional transportation priorities and provide opportunities for the private sector, general public, local government and interested
stakeholders to become involved in the planning process on a more local level.
See also
*
Metropolitan planning organizations of New Jersey There are three metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) in New Jersey. The organizations are the main decision-making forums for selecting projects for the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) in deliberations involving the New Jers ...
*
Regional Plan Association
The Regional Plan Association is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization, founded in 1922, that focuses on recommendations to improve the quality of life and economic competitiveness of a 31-county New York–New Jersey– ...
References
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External links
NYMTC Homepage History of NYMTC, included as part of federal certification reviewCompendium/Guide to NYMTC History & Governance
1982 establishments in New York (state)
Metropolitan planning organizations
Transportation in New York (state)
New York metropolitan area