KNOXVILLE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION

KnoxTrans.org Urban Transportation Issues Committee Jeff Welch, TPO Coordinator 400 Main Street Suite 403 Knoxville, TN 37902 865-215-2500 jeff.welch@knoxtrans.org The Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) provides comprehensive transportation planning in Knox County and the urbanized areas of Blount County. The U.S. Department of Transportation requires cities with populations of 50,000 or more to form a Transportation Planning Organization.

Appointment of Board Members

TPO members are elected officials from Knoxville, Knox County, Farragut, Alcoa, Maryville, Blount County, the East Tennessee Development District, and the State of Tennessee. These officials make up the TPO Executive Board. The TPO Executive Board: Establishes committees to ensure cooperative, comprehensive, and continuing transportation planning Reviews and approves plans and programs Implements provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) Apportions Surface Transportation Program funds Provides administrative and fiscal control.

Executive Board Members

Blount County - Ed Mitchell, Mayor City of Alcoa - Don Mull, Mayor City of Knoxville - Daniel T. Brown, Mayor City of Knoxville - Joe Bailey, Vice Mayor City of Maryville - Tom Taylor, Mayor East TN Development District - Ed Shouse, Knox County Commission Knox County - Tim Burchett, County Mayor State of Tennessee - Angie Midgett, TDOT Town of Farragut - Ralph McGill, Mayor Loudon County - Estelle Herron, County Mayor Lenoir City - Troy Aikens, Mayor Sevier County - Larry Waters, Mayor Knox County - Mike Hammond, Knox County Commission, Chairman