Bristol Multimodal Transportation Plan

The MPO recently kicked off the development of the Bristol Multimodal Transportation Plan (MTP). The Bristol MTP will guide transportation decisions and investments across the Bristol region. The plan will be multimodal in nature and consider projects that serve vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and include recommendations that support local transit and freight traffic.

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A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is a federally mandated regional agency charged with carrying out a region's transportation planning processes. MPOs are required in all urbanized areas with populations over 50,000.

The Bristol MPO study area contains five jurisdictions: the City of Bristol, TN, the City of Bristol, VA, Abingdon, VA, parts of Sullivan County, TN, and parts of Washington County, VA.

The Bristol MPO provides administration of transportation grants, long-range transportation planning, and coordination with the Executive Board to program federal transportation funds. The MPO works jointly with the State Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Administration to administer the local transportation planning process. The MPO also strives to provide technical assistance to member jurisdictions in the pursuit of state and federal transportation funding beyond the programmed transportation funds.

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Major Project Stages

Timeline item 1 - complete

State of the System

This stage involves the development of an Existing Conditions Assessment and the determination of the Regionally Significant Network
Timeline item 2 - active

Multimodal Vision Networks

This stage involves Partner Meetings with agencies that are heavily involved in transportation including DOT's, transit agencies, trail agencies, and freight groups. This phase puts emphasis on the various modes including vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, transit, and freight. This Modal Emphasis/Priority Network Assignment is crucial to the future steps of the process.
Timeline item 3 - incomplete

Implementation Program

This step aims to accomplish Project Evaluation and the development of an Action Plan. The Project Evaluation involves project delineation, project evaluation, and cost estimates for each of the projects. The Action Plan will include the development of a policy, program, and project implementation framework as well as project sheets and an assessment of revenue and funding over the course of the plan.
Timeline item 4 - incomplete

Final Plan Development

After the conclusion of the previous steps, the Multimodal Transportation Plan will be documented. Additionally, this will coincide with the development of a Complete Streets Policy for the MPO.

Bristol Multimodal Transportation Plan

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