Quarterly Newsletter - March 2023
Mid-South Safety Action Plan
Ensuring safe, accessible, and efficient transportation in the Mid-South is central to the mission of the Memphis MPO, and it strives to support safety across all of its core programs, plans, and projects to create a regional transportation system designed to safely and comfortably accommodate all users. The Memphis MPO and West Memphis MPO have developed the Mid-South Safety Action Plan (SAP) to create a framework for reducing roadway deaths throughout the tri-state Greater Memphis region. The Draft Mid-South Safety Action Plan is available for review and comment through April 28, 2023, and can be found by visiting the MPO's Mid-South Safety Action Plan Webpage.
New MPO Staff Member
Andrea Blue joined the Memphis MPO as an Administrative Services Specialist on March 16th. She is a Memphis native with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN. Andrea also earned her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Strayer University with a concentration in Human Resources. Andrea started her own Freight dispatching company to challenge herself and expand on the skills she acquired at a previous job. With 9 years of experience in human resources and 12 years of experience in administrative support, Andrea decided that she missed the administrative field and the ability to make a difference not only to herself but others around her.
Memphis MPO Biteable Videos

New Biteable videos are now live on both YouTube and on our website!

The Annual Performance Measures Report video, released in January 2023, outlines how the MPO collects data for federally required performances and compiles this data in an annual report to track the Region's progress towards achieving its adopted performance targets.

The State of the MPO: 2022 in Review video, released in February 2023, highlights the MPO's outreach efforts and the Region's accomplishments in 2022.

Click on the images below to watch the MPO's Annual Performance Measures Report and State of the MPO: 2022 in Review videos!
Headlines
The award funds a portion of MEM’s Terminal Modernization program, which involves increasing the size of the terminal and renovating the ticketing and baggage areas, expanding the security checkpoint, implementing technological improvements to baggage and security, and seismic enhancements.

After partnering with Miller Transportation, Megabus expanded service options for 56 cities, including Memphis. Expanded service will connect Memphis to 14 cities, including Atlanta, Dallas and Little Rock.
Program & Funding Opportunities
Small groups of local governments, electric utilities, or community-based organizations that meet regularly for approximately six months to learn from each other and lab experts in a collaborative environment to develop program proposals, action plans, strategies, and/or best practices on a pre-determined clean energy topic. Cohorts will include approximately 100 communities in total. Cohort topics and applications are to be released every six months, in March and September, with applications due May 1 and November 1.

The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program is a new competitive grant program created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs) and in urban and rural communities. This program provides two funding categories of grants: (1) Community Charging and Fueling Grants (Community Program); and (2) Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants (Corridor Program). Applications are due no later than May 30, 2023. 
MPO Planners On the Job

January:

18: Tennessee Complete Streets Leadership Academy - Virtual
24: MATA Board Meeting - Virtual
25: Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Working Group Meeting - Virtual
25: Tennessee Complete Streets Leadership Academy - Virtual
26: Tennessee Complete Streets Leadership Academy - Virtual

February:

1: Statewide IAC Call - Virtual
2: AMPO Policy Committee Meeting - Virtual
10: TDOT/MPO Monthly Meeting - Virtual
13: TN-MS-AR Ozone Tri-State Committee Meeting - Virtual
15: Safety Performance Targets Committee Meeting - Virtual
13: City of Memphis Pedestrian Advocacy Council Meeting - Virtual
16: ETC and TPB Meetings - Holiday Inn University of Memphis
23: MATA Board Meeting - Virtual
27: AMPO GIS Data Visualization Interest Group Meeting - Virtual
28: Tennessee Complete Streets Leadership Academy - Beale Street Landing

Webinars & Trainings:
6: Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program - Webinar
8: Preparing for Upcoming DOT Discretionary Grant Opportunities - Webinar
8: Reflections and Takeaways from Performance Measures Conference - Webinar
23: TDOT INRIX Workshop - Training

March:

1: Tennessee Complete Streets Leadership Academy - Beale Street Landing
6: MPO TIP Project Status Meeting: Tennessee - Virtual
6: TN-MS-AR Ozone Tri-State Committee Meeting - Virtual
7: TN Bike Ped Meeting - Virtual
8: MPO TIP Project Status Meeting: Mississippi - Virtual
10: TDOT/MPO Monthly Meeting - Virtual
10: AMPO Active Transportation Q1 Meeting – Promoting Active Transportation - Virtual
15: Safety Performance Targets Committee Meeting - Virtual
16: Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan (CPT-HSTP) Meeting - Virtual
16: Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) Core Transportation Management Association (TMA) Meeting - DMC HQ
27: TN-MS-AR Ozone Tri-State Committee Meeting - Virtual
28: MATA Board Meeting - Virtual
29: AMPO Core Products Group Meeting - Virtual
29: AMPO Policy Committee Meeting - Virtual

Webinars & Trainings:
7: USDOT State Freight Plan And National Highway Freight Program Guidance - Webinar
16: EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program: How Local Governments Can Work Together Phase I - Webinar
21: USDOT Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program - Webinar
22: Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program - Webinar
29: USDOT Carbon Reduction Strategy State Practices - Webinar
29: FHWA/FTA Updated Guidebook on Model Long-Range Transportation Plans - Webinar
Upcoming Events:
April 4 - Holiday - MPO Offices will be Closed
April 7 - Holiday - MPO Offices will be Closed
May 25 - TPB & ETC Meetings
May 29 - Holiday - MPO Offices will be Closed
June 19 - Holiday - MPO Offices will be Closed
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Meeting Calendar
April - June 2023