MRCOG’s Board approved the FY2027 budget on June 11, 2026, including detailed funding and objectives for the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s transportation programs such as the UPWP (FHWA/FTA/Rio Metro), Traffic Surveillance, Non‑Motorized Counts, Travel Time Program, and related planning activities. The FY2027 plan calls for maintaining and developing the FFY 2028‑2033 TIP, updating the UPWP, advancing the Transitions 2045 MTP, safety action planning, regional data/GIS products, congestion management, regional aerial imagery, and robust public engagement. While this document does not initiate specific procurements, it confirms funded scopes for data collection, GIS and imagery acquisition, performance‑based planning tools, public involvement, and inter‑agency coordination work across the 2026‑2027 period. This is a strong upstream signal for consultants and technology providers in transportation planning, modeling, traffic counts, safety analysis, public engagement platforms, GIS, and aerial/imagery services to position offerings with MPO staff before individual RFPs are scoped. Vendors can discuss how their services can help MRCOG meet MTP, TIP, and safety goals, especially for regional data, visualization, and multimodal planning needs identified in the budget narrative and objectives.
Objectives include acquiring FFY 2026/2027 regional aerial imagery via stakeholder coordination and ...
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