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CED-82-47 1 (1982-03-10)

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                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


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     B-206409                                            MARCH 10, 1982

     The. Honorable John L. Burton, Chairman
     The Honorable Ted Weiss
     Subcommittee on Government Activities
       and Transportation
     Committee on Government Operations                     117766
     House of Representatives

          Subject: Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness of
                    Metropolitan Planning Organizations (CED-82-47)

          This report responds to your joint request of June 1,
     1981, asking that we do two things:

          --Study the role and function of Metropolitan Planning
            Organizations (MPO's) in urban and regional..transporta-
            tion planning to determine whether they are economical,
            efficient, and effective.
          -Review the procedures the Tri-State Regional Planning
            Commission (the MPO for the New York City metropolitan
            area) followed in approving the 1-478 (Westway) highway
            project to determine whether the Commission was comply-
            ing with Federal laws and regulations when it approved
            this project.

          Your letter also expressed concern that MPO's may be
     focusing unduly on excessive and duplicative paperwork and
     formal regulations, inadequately concerned with substantive
     long-range planning and policy coordination, and insufficiently
     accountable for their actions and decisions.

     OBJECTAIVE7Sr SC^OPEr AND METEODOtLCG7

          To address these concerns, we visited 12 urbanized areas
    with populations over 200,000 and interviewed Federal, State,
    and local officials and KPO staffs involved in transportation
    planning for these urbanized areas. In addition, we reviewed
    several studies of MPO's- and interviewed Federal Highway
    Administration (FSWA) and Urban Mass Transportation Adminis-
    tration (UMTA) headquarters and regional officials, represen-
    tatives of associations, transit operators, and university
    professors. Enclosure Z lists the agencies and organizations

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