Regional planning agencies are directly involved in coordination of regional transit systems, and are represented on the committee responsible for update of the Michigan Aviation System Plan. Indian Tribal officials are involved as participants in the rural task force process. If state projects serve or adjoin Tribal land, Tribal officials are consulted early in project development. Consultation is also conducted on BIA-funded projects. Likewise, if state projects serve or abut federal lands, federal land management agencies are consulted early in project development.
Consultation also occurs on federal discretionary-funded projects.
Rural officials from developing areas within MPO boundaries are represented and involved as members of the MPO Technical and Policy Committees. In planning regions that include urban areas, the MPO is often also the regional planning agency. Rural areas outside, but adjacent to, an MPO boundary are included in the non-metropolitan regional planning process. The consultative process also includes land use and economic development issues. Local units of government control land use in Michigan.