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In June 2013, the Urban Land Institute Chicago honored the GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan and CMAP with one of its Vision Awards, which recognizes innovation in the development and growth of vibrant communities within the Chicago metropolitan region. [25] Metropolitan Planning Council Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning.
These Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) may exist as a separate, independent organization or they may be administered by a city, county, regional planning organization, highway commission or other government organization. [1]
Planning needs to reflect the region's shared vision for its future; Adequate transportation planning requires a comprehensive examination of the region's future and investment alternatives; and; An MPO acts as a Council of Governments; that is, it facilitates collaboration of governments, interested parties, and residents in the planning process.
The Metropolitan Council, commonly abbreviated Met Council or Metro Council, is the regional governmental agency and metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area, accounting for over 55 percent of the state's population.
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Metro (Oregon regional government) Metro Vancouver Regional District; Metropolitan Council (Minnesota) Metropolitan planning organization; Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area) Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; Mid-America Regional Council
In Canada, comprehensive planning is generally known as strategic planning or visioning. It is usually accompanied by public consultation. When cities and municipalities engage in comprehensive planning the resulting document is known as an Official Community Plan or OCP for short. (In Alberta, the resultant document is referred to as a ...
Regional Planning Councils (RPCs) are quasi-governmental organizations that, up until 2010, were designated by Florida law (Ch. 186, Florida Statutes) to address problems and plan solutions that are of greater-than-local concern or scope, and are to be recognized by local governments as one of the means to provide input into state policy development.
SCAG's policy direction is guided by the 86-member official governing board known as the Regional Council. The Regional Council is composed of 67 Districts that include an elected representative of one or more cities of approximately equal population levels that have a geographic community of interest (except the City of Long Beach, which has two representatives).