The Montgomery Area Transportation Study process is carried out by the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The MPO has two advisory committees. The MPO (Policy Committee) is the official decision making body of the process.

The MPO policy committee has two advisory committees which include: (1) The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), which coordinates and advises the MPO on technical matters of projects, plans and programs, and (2) The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), which advises the MPO on the general public’s perspective on projects, plans and programs.

The MPO has the ultimate authority on all transportation planning decisions, but the advisory committees make recommendations to the MPO that shape the transportation planning process. The activities of the TCC and the CAC are governed by the MPO.

The Montgomery MPO operates by an Agreement concerning a transportation planning process for the Montgomery Urbanized Area between the counties of Montgomery, Autauga, Elmore, and the municipalities of Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Coosada, Deatsville, Elmore, Pike Road, and Wetumpka, and the Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, and the State of Alabama.

Agreement concerning a transportation planning process for the Montgomery Urbanized Area between the counties of Montgomery, Autauga, Elmore, and the municipalities of Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Coosada, Deatsville, Elmore, Pike Road, and Wetumpka, and the Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, and the State of Alabama.

The MPO serves as the official decision making body for the Montgomery Area Transportation Planning Process. The MPO oversees how federal transportation dollars are spent in the transportation study area. The MPO’s responsibilities include the review and approval of all plans, programs, and projects, and regulating the TCC and CAC functions.

The MPO is composed of seventeen(17) voting members and eight (8) non-voting members.

Voting Members

Mayor, City of Montgomery – Hon. Todd Strange
Mayor, City of Prattville – Hon. William Gillespie
Autauga County Commissioner – Hon. Carl Johnson
Southeast Region Engineer, ALDOT – Mr. George Conner
Mayor, City of Wetumpka – Hon. Jerry Willis (MPO Vice Chairman)
Mayor, Town of Coosada – Hon. Connie Hand
Councilman, City of Montgomery – Hon. Charles Jinright (MPO Chairman)
Montgomery County Commissioner – Hon. Elton Dean
Mayor, City of Millbrook – Hon. Al Kelley
Councilman, City of Montgomery – Hon. Cornelius Calhoun
Elmore County Commissioner – Hon. David Bowen
Mayor, Town of Pike Road – Hon. Gordon Stone
Mayor, Town of Deatsville – Hon. Clayton Edgar
Mayor, Town of Elmore – Hon. Margaret White
Montgomery County Commissioner – Hon Dan Harris
Councilman, City of Montgomery – Hon. Tracy Larkin
Councilman, City of Montgomery – Hon. Richard Bollinger

Non-Voting Members

Bureau Chief, Transportation Planning and Modal Programs ALDOT – Mr. Robert J. Jilla
General Manager, The M – Montgomery Area Transit System – Mr. Kelvin L. Miller
Director, Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development
Commission – Mr. Greg Clark
Autauga County Rural Transportation Director
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration – Mr. Mark D. Bartlett
Member of City of Montgomery Planning Commission – Mr. Ken Upchurch
Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration – Ms. Abigail Rivera
Director of Planning/MPO Administrator -Mr. Robert E. Smith Jr

The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) provides technical guidance to the MPO. The TCC reviews plans, programs, projects, studies, and reports and provides the MPO with recommendations concerning them.

The TCC also serves as a coordinating forum for all agencies involved in the transportation planning process. Participants on the TCC include municipalities, counties, the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway and Transit Administration and other selected transportation interests.

The Technical Coordinating Committee is composed of twenty-eight (28) voting members and three (3) non-voting members.

The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) is made of twenty five (25) citizens from the Montgomery Area MPO Study Area. The voting MPO members appoint CAC members.

The CAC was established to help provide and encourage active citizen participation in the transportation planning process, and also to advise the MPO of the citizen’s perspective on transportation planning plans, programs, and projects.