Transportation Planning Organizations of Washington State

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Washington State Department of Transportation

Publication_Date: 20201215

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: Transportation Planning Organizations of Washington State

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

Polygons represent the Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) planning area boundaries, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO's) Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) boundaries, and MPO MPAs that are designated as Transportation Management Areas (TMA's). MPOs are responsible for transportation planning within the MPA. RTPOs are responsible for growth management compliance within their planning areas and the development and adoption of regional transportation plans.

Purpose:

This data set is used as a reference layer for geographic information systems at the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Supplemental_Information:

A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) means the policy board of an organization created and designated to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process in urbanized areas with 50,000 or more population. A Transportation Management Area (TMA) means an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000, as defined by the Bureau of the Census and designated by the US Secretary of Transportation, or any additional area where TMA designation is requested by the Governor and the MPO and designated by the Secretary of Transportation. A Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) means the geographic area determined by agreement between the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the area and the Governor, in which the metropolitan transportation planning process is carried out. A Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) is formed through a voluntary association of local governments to coordinate transportation planning among jurisdictions and develop a regional transportation plan.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20201130

Time_of_Day: unknown

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.926702

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.701936

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.049338

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.481139

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: transportation

Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: TMA

Theme_Keyword: Metropolitan Planning Areas

Theme_Keyword: MPO

Theme_Keyword: RTPO

Theme_Keyword: Regional Transportation Planning Organization

Theme_Keyword: MPA

Theme_Keyword: Transportation Management Area

Theme_Keyword: Metropolitan Planning Organization

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: WA

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving this data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Gabriel Philips

Contact_Position: Tribal and Regional Coordination Office Manager

Contact_Address:

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7954

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: philipg@wsdot.wa.gov

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Gabriel Philips

Contact_Position: Tribal and Regional Coordination Office Manager

Contact_Address:

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7954

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: philipg@wsdot.wa.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Names of the Transportation Planning Organizations are complete and spelled correctly.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon topology was verified using the Geodatabase Topology tools in ArcGIS 10.0

Completeness_Report:

The data represents all the Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Planning Organizations in Washington State. Kitsap County is part of both the Peninsula and PSRC RTPO's. San Juan County and Okanogan County are not members of a RTPO. The Lewis-Clark Valley MPO is a bi-state MPO between Washington and Idaho. The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (Longview-Kelso-Rainier MPO) and the Walla Walla Valley MPO are bi-state MPOs between Washington and Oregon.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy has not been determined.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Washington State Department of Transportation

Title: county.shp

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: county.shp

Source_Contribution:

Appropriate counties were selected to portray the individual Transportation Planning Organization areas.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Urbanized areas (UZAs) are areas with a population of 50,000 or more people as designated by the US Census Bureau. Urbanized area boundaries are reviewed after each decennial US Census and adjusted by the Census Bureau as needed. The FHWA, in cooperation with state and local officials, approves urbanized area boundaries , some of which may also be used by the MPO if the MPO chooses to use the UZA as their Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) boundary for transportation planning purposes. MPA boundaries that are designated for MPOs are required to have Governor approval, which is a separate process than designating, adjusting, or approving the UZA boundaries. Federal law requires the establishment of a MPO for all urbanized areas. The WSDOT feature class uses the adjusted highway urban area boundaries to show MPA boundaries for those MPOs that choose to use the UZA as the MPA. For some MPOs, the entire county or a different boundary than that of the UZA may be used as the MPA boundary, following approval from the Governor. RTPOs are a requirement of state law. An individual RTPO consists of one or more complete counties. Kitsap County is part of two RTPOs. San Juan County and Okanogan County are not part of any RTPO. RTPOs were created starting with a copy of the county boundary feature class available on the WSDOT Workbench. Individual counties were merged to create RTPOs that contain more than one county. TMAs are required by federal law for urbanized areas that contain 200,000 or more people. Washington State has four TMAs, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), the Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC), the Regional Transportation Council (Vancouver – RTC), and the Benton Franklin Council of Governments (BFCG). The TMAs for the Seattle -Tacoma –Everett (PSRC), Spokane (SRTC), and Vancouver - Camas - Battle Ground (RTC) Urbanized Areas consist of one or more complete counties. The TMA for the Kennewick - Pasco - Richland Urbanized area consists of the urbanized area plus an area extending beyond the urbanized area but not including complete counties. A shapefile of this TMA was provided by the MPO and added to the dataset.

Process_Date: 20140616

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

GIS and Roadway Data Office, Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Mark Bozanich

Contact_Position: Research Cartographer

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: TransportationGISDataSteward@wsdot.wa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization (IRTPO) was added to the dataset.

Process_Date: 20161220

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Boundaries were updated as needed and a new field was added to include links to TPO websites.

Process_Date: 20170615

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Boundaries were updated as needed.

Process_Date: 20201115

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Definition:

Agencies responsible for transportation planning, growth management compliance, and the development and adoption of regional transportation plans.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Washington State Legislature, 1990 Growth Management Act

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name

Attribute_Definition:

Name of the Transportation Planning Organization, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Transportation Management Area, Regional Transportation Planning Organization, or Metropolitan Planning Area.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Transportation Planning Office, Washington State Department of Transportation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Acronym

Attribute_Definition:

This is the acronym typically used for the MPO, RTPO, or TMA name.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Classification

Attribute_Definition: Type of Transportation Planning Organization

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MPA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Metropolitan Planning Area

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RTPO

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Regional Transportation Planning Organization

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TMA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Transportation Management Area

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Website

Attribute_Definition:

A link to a website where more information is available about the particular TPO.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.STArea()

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.STLength()

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Transportation Planning Organization jurisdictions are portrayed separately.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Washington State Department of Transportation, Office of Information Technology

Contact_Person: Jordyn Mitchell

Contact_Position: GIS Database Administrator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: PO Box 47430

City: Olympia

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98504-7430

Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7645

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchejo@wsdot.wa.gov

Distribution_Liability:

The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving this data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

Standard_Order_Process:

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions:

Download individual data sets from <http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm>

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20080205

Time_of_Day: unknown

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200514

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation

Contact_Person: Gabriel Philips

Contact_Position: Tribal and Regional Coordination Office Manager

Contact_Address:

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: TransportationGISDataSteward@wsdot.wa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time