MPO 101
MPO 101 is a 3 hour primer on the core functions of the MPO and how they relate to our member agencies.
2026 MPO 101
- 2026 Recording on YouTube
- 2026 Presentation Slides - 19MB
- Acronyms
- Ex. Board & TCC Members
- MPO History/Laws
- Mobility Management Program handout
- Triangle Transportation Policy Priorities
What is CAMPO?
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) grew from a collaborative effort between Cary, Raleigh, Garner, and Wake County known as the Greater Raleigh Urban Area Thoroughfare Plan of 1964. During the 1980s and 1990s, Apex, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, Zebulon, and Wake County joined the MPO. In early 2005, the MPO invited a number of governments in the surrounding counties to become members. Many accepted, and the Capital Area MPO expanded its planning boundary to include parts of Franklin, Granville, Harnett, and Johnston counties, including the municipal governments of Angier, Archer Lodge, Bunn, Clayton, Creedmoor, Franklinton, Lillington, and Youngsville. After the 2010 Census, the Town of Archer Lodge was incorporated within the MPO's boundary and became a member of the MPO. Most recently, following the 2020 Census, the MPO expanded to include parts of Chatham County, and further into Harnett and Johnston Counties.
These counties and towns which border the expanding Raleigh Urban Area were invited to join MPO in order to comply with federal regulations that require the MPO to coordinate transportation planning in all the areas that will be part of the "Raleigh urbanized area" within the next twenty-five years. The Capital Area MPO serves as the coordinating agency between local governments, NCDOT, FTA, and FHWA. Staff has established a close working relationship with the planning departments of municipalities within the MPO as well as with the planning staff of the neighboring Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization.
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is comprised of three parts: the Executive Board (formerly the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)), a Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), and a staff. The MPO is responsible for carrying out an annual work program that is approved by the Executive Board. The MPO also must update the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program (a 10-year project programming schedule) and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (a minimum twenty-year forecast of projects and programs).
- Listen to a 2019 Podcast about CAMPO (InBound Raleigh interview with Dep. Director Shelby Powell)
Archive
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