Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council (IRTC)

MPO plans and recommendations are developed in cooperation with the Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council (IRTC). The IRTC is composed of a Policy Committee and a Technical Committee, both of which meet on a quarterly basis.

Technical Committee	Policy Committee
Feb. 13, Plainfield	Feb. 20, Plainfield
May 14, IndyGo	May 21, IndyGo
Aug. 13, Lawrence	Aug. 20, Lawrence
Oct. 22, Avon	Oct 29, Avon

The IRTC Policy Committee consists of the elected and appointed policy officials of local governments and public agencies within the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). The IRTC Technical Committee consists of planners and engineers from local governments and public agencies within the MPA and serve as advisors to the IRTC Policy Committee. The Mayor of Indianapolis is the current chair the IRTC Policy Committee and the Director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) currently chairs the Technical Committee.

MPO plans and recommendations are first endorsed by the IRTC Technical Committee before going to the IRTC Policy Committee. Once endorsed by the Policy Committee, the plans and recommendations are presented to the Metropolitan Development Commission for adoption. Because the MDC has never contradicted its endorsement, the IRTC Policy Committee is effectively the decision-making body.

A chart depicting the decision making process can be found here, the chart also includes a list of all of the political jurisdictions that is included in the MPA.

Download a plotter-size map of the MPA here. While this map requires a large-scale plotter to print, it does include all streets and street names in the MPA. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is requred to access this file, as most files on the website.

For information about the IRTC please email MPO Manager Mike Dearing.