Home About » Programs » Affiliate Organizations Links & Resources » Employment Cooperative Purchasing Library » Contact » East Alabama Rural Planning Organization (RPO) The East Alabama Rural Planning Organization (RPO) fulfills a federal mandate that requires state departments of transportation to establish a consultation process for rural elected officials on transportation issues. The RPO is structured similarly to a Metropolitan Planning Organization with a Policy Committee as well as a Technical Advisory Committee. The region is divided into three smaller RPO districts with Policy and Technical Advisory Committees meeting on a quarterly basis. The mayors and representatives of the county commissions serve on the RPO District Policy Committees along with ALDOT representatives. Each member jurisdiction also appoints a representative to the Technical Advisory Committee. The Northern District encompasses Etowah and Cherokee Counties and is served by ALDOT North District. The Central District encompasses Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, and Talladega Counties. The Southern District encompasses Chambers, Coosa, Randolph, and Tallapoosa Counties. The Central and Southern Districts are served by ALDOT East Central District, Alexander City Area, Districts I and II. UPCOMING RPO MEETINGS Northern District: July 11, 2019 @ 11:30 a.m., Gadsden Chamber Central District: July 18, 2019 @ 11, EARPDC 3rd floor conference room Southern District: July 25, 2019 @ 10, ALDOT Alexander City Office, Section 1 MEETING MINUTES Central District Meeting Minutes Northern District Meeting Minutes Southern District Meeting Minutes DOCUMENTS East Alabama Coordinated Public Transit and Human Services Transportation Plan 2020-2023 - draft East Alabama Coordinated Public Transit and Human Services Transportation Plan 2017-2020 ARCHIVE Archived Meeting Agenda Packets FY19 Meeting Dates ARCHIVED DOCUMENTS NEWS The 2015 Alabama Transportation Planners Association conference was held on March 17th and 18th in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Click here for highlights and information presented at the conference. Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO: View an archived webinar of a workshop which provided a forum for information exchange on approaches to evaluating and mitigating the impacts of extreme weather events on transportation infrastructure. An Economic Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure Investment Check out the U.S. Cluster Mapping website, a national initiative that provides open data on regional clusters and economies to support U.S. business, innovation and policy. Here users will find interactive, robust data and tools to understand clusters and regional business environments, improve institutions, and locate appropriate partners across the country. Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Five Years of Learning from Communities and Coordinating Investments U.S. DoT Issues Rearview Camera Rule: Click here to read a summary or here for the Rule. H-GAC Releases Instant Impact Guide: Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), in partnership with Better Houston, has published Instant Impact Guide: Simple, Cost-Effective Ideas for More Vibrant, Pedestrian-Friendly Streets. The Instant Impact Guide incorporates ideas that are relatively quick to implement and can help build momentum for improving your community's pedestrian, bicycling, and economic revitalization goals. Many projects outlined in the guide can also serve as test cases for potential projects before they are implemented permanently. The guide is available HERE. RESOURCES The following websites provide useful information concerning rural transportation issues: Microscale Audit for Pedestrian Streetscape (MAPS) MAPS Tool RuralTransportation.org ALDOT US DOT University Transportation Center for Alabama FHWA has initiated the Peer to Peer Program as a form of form of technical assistance for local and rural highway agencies to adequately address safety problems on the roads they maintain. Experts with knowledge in various local and rural road safety issues volunteer their time to provide assistance to their peers requesting help. Whatever the safety issue your local agency is facing, there is a Peer ready and willing to help. Peer to Peer Program. During our quarterly RPO meetings, we generally present information concerning a specific transportation topic to our member governments. Previous presentations and handouts are linked below: Surface Transportation Authorization Update - January 2011 Highway Trust Fund update Access Management Handbook Transportation Enhancements Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program In an effort to keep our member governments informed of current happenings, we periodically send mailings between our regularly scheduled Rural Planning Organization meetings. These mailings discuss issues directly related to the interests of our local governments. We will also post these documents on the website. Summary: US DOT Strategic Plan FY2010-FY2015 CONTACT INFORMATION For more information regarding East Alabama RPO, contact: Lattisha Royal Regional Planner Email: lattisha.royal@earpdc.org Telephone: 256-237-6741 Fax: 256-237-6763 Mailing address: East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission P.O. 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