OCALA MARION COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TP..

The Ocala Marion County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is a federally mandated agency responsible for coordinating transportation projects, including highway, transit, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, aviation and paratransit, throughout the county. The TPO allocates federal transportation funds and works to improve the region's transportation system by developing a variety of plans and programs... In 1980, the U.S. Census revealed the Ocala urbanized area had reached a population of greater than 50,000. As a result, the Ocala Marion Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) was created the following year. Due to rapid population growth throughout the 1980s, the urbanized area was expanded to include all of Marion County.

Also known as: Ocala Marion TPO

Primary location: Ocala United States