Quad Cities Metropolitan Planning Organization

Transportation Planning for the Davenport, IA/IL Urbanized Area

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NEWS

  • Quad Cities MPO News

    The MPO Transportation Policy Committee meeting set for noon Tuesday, January 28, 2025 is cancelled due to lack of quorum. Agenda items will be carried forward to the Tuesday, February 25 meeting.

     Click here to learn more about our Long Range Transportation Plan update

    Attend public input sessions on February 12, 13, and 20:  pdf 2055 LRTP Public Survey Media Release January 2025 (139 KB)

    Take our online public input survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KZ6Z862

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  • Long Range Transportation Plan Update

    The Quad Cities Metro LRTP (Long Range Transportation Plan) serves a variety of purposes: to move forward the regional vision, to guide future project development, and to identify needs for coordination and cooperation related to our transportation network. The plan identifies future travel demand and freight needs. It also looks at the current transportation system's ability to meet these demands and identifies what improvements will be needed to address future demand. As projects are identified, they are then directed through the short-range planning and programming process to ultimate implementation or construction.

    2055 Plan Update

    The Quad Cities MPO Long Range Transportation Plan is updated on a five-year cycle. Work to update the plan is underway. From a base year of 2023, the plan considers the horizon years of 2035 and 2055. Between December 2024 and March 2026, Bi-State Regional Commission will prepare plan updates and present information to the Quad Cities MPO Technical and Policy Committees. Public involvement will occur during that process.

    Visit our MPO LRTP page for Thrive 2055 QC LRTP plan updates, media releases, and opportunities for public involvement. 

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  • Project Programming Processes

    The Quad Cities Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) receives certain federal transportation funds to prioritize and locally select projects for those funds. This is known as the project selection and programming process. The Quad Cities MPO Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) is delegated the authority to program funds by the Bi-State Regional Commission. The Bi-State Regional Commission, as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), receives its authority under the currently authorized federal transportation act.

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Mississippi River Rail Crossing Study

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The Bi-State Regional Commission (BSRC) conducted a Mississippi River Rail Crossing Study to review existing railroad crossings and plan for the future of railroad operations across the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities region. Existing railroad crossings at the Government Bridge and Crescent Bridge are both over 100 years old with movable swing spans to accommodate river traffic and have been identified as needing replacement in the 2017 Iowa State Rail Plan. The results of this study can be found in these documents.

pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Existing Conditions (1.01 MB)

pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Purpose and Need (928 KB)

pdf River Rail Crossing Study - Alternatives Analysis Report (9.41 MB)