Role/jurisdiction: Bi-county MPO for Sarasota and Manatee counties — FDOT District 1. 17-member governing board of elected officials from both counties, nine cities, and the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority (FDOT D1 Secretary non-voting). Planning agency only: LRTP, TIP, project priorities, CMP, and safety planning. The MPO does not review development, issue permits, or operate roads — TIAs, driveway/ROW permits, and signals belong to Sarasota County, Manatee County, or the cities (City of Sarasota, City of Bradenton, etc.).
Known starting points (resolved 2026-07-08 unless tagged):
- LRTP: 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan — adopted 2025-10-20; page posts the full plan + appendices (PDF), an executive summary (PDF), a StoryMap, and an ArcGIS project dashboard. Chapter-by-chapter supporting docs (safety assessment, travel demand memo, freight, resiliency, TSMO master plans) are all downloadable from the same page — unusually rich for an MPO this size.
- TIP: Transportation Improvement Program — updated annually (final to FDOT by July 15); current adopted FY 2026/27 TIP posted with archives back to 2019/20, plus an interactive TIP portal (EcoInteractive). Project Priorities list feeds the FDOT Five-Year Work Program.
- Safety brand is “Destination Zero” — the MPO’s safety action plan (adopted 2022), not “Vision Zero”; see Collect below.
- GIS: MPO GeoHub (ArcGIS Hub) with downloadable data — see Collect below.
- Other adopted plans on MPO Plans: UPWP, Public Participation Plan, CMP, Active Transportation Plan, annual policy priorities. Corridor and mobility studies on MPO Planning Studies.
Collect (link each as found; date it)
- TIA/TIS guidelines: not an MPO function — the MPO publishes no traffic study guidelines. Development traffic studies are governed by county/city codes — see Sarasota County / Manatee County / city pages. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Parking study guidelines / parking code (with section #): not an MPO function — county/city land development codes. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic calming program/guidelines: not an MPO program — calming requests go to the county or city that owns the street. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Complete Streets policy · Vision Zero / Safety Action Plan: Destination Zero Safety Action Plan — adopted by the MPO board 2022-02-28, built on the Safe System Approach; Action Plan (PDF) plus appendices: Crash Assessment 2015–2019 (PDF), Pedestrian Crash Assessment, Engagement Summary, Policy Guidance for Municipal Adoption (Appendix D — the closest thing to a regional Complete Streets/safety policy template), and a Local Agency Toolkit. A Destination Zero Safety Education Plan (2024) and a 2025 Safety Assessment + High Injury Network segment analysis are posted as 2050 LRTP Chapter 2 supporting docs. No standalone MPO Complete Streets policy found — the Active Transportation Plan, 2024 (PDF) is the bike/ped network plan. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Roadway design standards / standard details: not an MPO function — county/city standards apply (FDOT on state roads). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Access management standards: not an MPO function — FDOT (state roads) or county/city LDC. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic count requirements (seasonal factors accepted?): the MPO sets no study requirements and publishes no standalone count database — roadway network data are collected with FDOT/local governments and reported through the Congestion Management Process: Adopted 2024 CMP (PDF) with executive summary and a 2021 report card on the same page. For raw counts use FDOT Traffic Online and the county count programs — see Sarasota County / Manatee County. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Crash/safety dashboard: no public live crash dashboard hosted by the MPO — published crash analyses are the Destination Zero appendices (2015–2019 data) and the 2025 Safety Assessment / HIN analysis in the LRTP Chapter 2 supporting docs. Signal Four Analytics requires agency login. (checked 2026-07-08)
- GIS / open data portal: Data & Map Tools → Sarasota/Manatee MPO GeoHub (ArcGIS Hub) — downloadable GIS data for planning studies, LRTP, and performance measures, plus StoryMaps and an interactive comment map. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Signal timing procedures & maintaining agency: not an MPO function — signal operations sit with the counties/cities/FDOT; the FDOT TSMO Master Plans (2020) for Manatee County and Sarasota County are posted as LRTP Chapter 4 supporting docs on the 2050 LRTP page. Confirm maintainer per intersection with the county
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08) - Development review process & submittal requirements: not an MPO function — submittals go to the county or city development services. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Permit forms (ROW, driveway): not an MPO function — see county/city pages. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Example projects (ours & public): ours live in the private vault (see callout below); public reference studies on MPO Planning Studies — e.g., Ed Smith Stadium Planning Study, Barrier Island Implementation Plan, LECOM Park/Village of the Arts Mobility Study, US 41 Transit Choices Study, SUN Trail alignment studies, US 41 MMEC Gap and Safety Analysis (2020). (checked 2026-07-08)
Contacts, review-comment history, and institutional notes live in the private vault — never on the public site.
See also: MOC - Agencies · Sarasota County · Manatee County · City of Sarasota · City of Bradenton