Our Planning Area
The MPO has two distinct boundary areas: the Madison Urban Area and our Planning Area.
The Madison Urban Area (shown in blue) is based on the 2020 Census and helps determine eligibility for certain MPO-administered federal transportation funds, including the Surface Transportation Block Grant–Urban (STBG-U) and Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
Our Planning Area (shown in red) covers a larger area, including the Madison Urban Area and surrounding communities expected to grow over the next 20+ years. It defines where federal transportation planning requirements apply and where federally funded or regionally significant projects must be included in the MPO’s long-range transportation plan and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Our planning area consists of:
- 7 cities
- 10 villages
- 19 towns
Cities
- Madison
- Fitchburg
- Middleton
- Monona
- Stoughton
- Sun Prairie
- Verona
Villages
- Cottage Grove
- Cross Plains
- DeForest
- Maple Bluff
- McFarland
- Mount Horeb
- Oregon
- Shorewood Hills
- Waunakee
- Windsor
Towns
Entirely in our planning area:
- Blooming Grove
- Burke
- Dunn
- Middleton
- Westport
Partially within our planning area:
- Berry
- Blue Mounds
- Bristol
- Cottage Grove
- Cross Plains
- Dunkirk
- Oregon
- Pleasant Springs
- Rutland
- Springdale
- Springfield
- Sun Prairie
- Verona
- Vienna