| "...a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
has to be designated for each urbanized area and that the
metropolitan area has to have a continuing, cooperative and
comprehensive transportation planning process that results in
plans and programs that consider all transportation modes and
support metropolitan community development and social goals. "These plans and programs shall lead to the development and
operation of an integrated, intermodal transportation system
that facilitates the efficient, economic movement of people and
goods."
The transportation planning process is guided by the
MPO, created as required under Section 163.01, Chapter 163,
Florida Statutes and established by interlocal agreement between
Miami-Dade County and the
Florida
Department of Transportation Department of Transportation (FDOT).
Voting members are designated by the state governor and
include the following: all thirteen county commissioners, five
elected officials for each of the cities with populations over
50,000 in the county, a representative from the citizenry of the
unincorporated portion of Miami-Dade County, a member of the
MDX, and a
member of the
Miami-Dade
School Board. The
FDOT
has two non-voting representatives on the
MPO Board. Membership of
the MPO is constituted under the chartered county option allowed
by the Florida Statutes.
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