01429pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245009700059260000900156300001600165520099200181650001401173650002101187700002401208773005101232180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWolf, James F.  aAssessing progress: the state of metropolitan planning organizations under ISTEA and TEA -21  c2005  ap.1057-079.  aThe Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the ensuing Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) established a central role for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in regional transportation planning. In this new role, MPOs found themselves bringing together governmental and nongovernmental organizations representing the various transportation modalities in the planning process. At the same time, these MPOs assumed responsibilities for more effectively integrating transportation plans with other public policy arenas that affect and in turn are affected by transportation at the regional level. This paper reviews the progress that MPOs have made in achieving these goals. It concludes that there has been some progress in most areas specified in the ISTEA/TEA-21 legislation, however, the institutional contexts of MPOs substantially limited their effectiveness as regional transportation planning organizations. - Reproduced.  aTransport  aLocal government  aFarquhar, Mary Beth  aInternational Journal of Public Administration