88 FR 107 pgs. 36637-36642 - Designation of Transportation Management Areas
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 107Pages: 36637 - 36642
Pages: 36637, 36638, 36639FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-11810 Filed 6-2-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Transit Administration; Federal Highway Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Designation of Transportation Management Areas
AGENCY:
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
On December 29, 2022, the United States Census Bureau published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the qualifying urban areas from the 2020 Census. The FTA and FHWA are announcing that all urbanized areas (UZA) with populations greater than 200,000, as determined by the 2020 Census, are hereby identified as Transportation Management Areas (TMA). The FTA and FHWA are taking this action in compliance with the agencies' authorizing statutes. This action supersedes the agencies' previous designations of TMAs made in the Federal Register .
DATES:
This notice is effective June 5, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For FTA related questions, please contact Fleming El-Amin, Office of Planning (TPE-10), (202) 493-0316, or via email at fleming.el-amin@dot.gov, or Mark Montgomery, Office of Chief Counsel (TCC), (202) 366-1017, via email at mark.montgomery@dot.gov, Federal Transit Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours for FTA are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., et., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
For FHWA related questions, please contact Kenneth Petty, Office of Planning (HEPP), (202) 366-6654, or via email at kenneth.petty@dot.gov, or Michael Harkins, Office of Chief Counsel (HCC), 202-366-1523, via email at michael.harkins@dot.gov, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., et., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Census Bureau's urban-rural classification is a delineation of geographical areas, identifying individual urban areas as well as the rural portion of the Nation. The resulting classification of "urban areas" is distinguishable from FHWA and FTA's definition of "urbanized areas," but the population data from the decennial census informs which geographical areas meet the definition of "urbanized area" for transportation planning purposes under Titles 23 and 49 of the United States Code (23 U.S.C. 101(a)(36) and 49 U.S.C. 5302(24)).
The Census Bureau defined the qualifying urban areas from the 2020 Census using the criteria published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2022 (87 FR 16706). As a result of these criteria and a decade of population and land use change, there are significant differences in the UZAs based on the 2020 Census from those based on the 2010 Census, including place names, boundary shapes, and population counts. Notably, 192 UZAs have populations over 200,000, the statutory threshold for TMA designation, including 15 UZAs that were not identified in the Federal Register on July 18, 2012 (77 FR 42354). Furthermore, 2 UZAs that were previously above 200,000 are now below the threshold ( i.e., Norwich-New London, Connecticut, and Visalia, California).
Titles 23 and 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) (23 U.S.C. 134(k)(1)(A) and 49 U.S.C. 5303(k)(1)(A)) require the Secretary of Transportation to identify each UZA over 200,000 in population as a TMA. The UZAs that meet this threshold, as determined by the 2020 Census, are listed in the table below and are hereby identified as TMAs. For the multistate UZAs over 200,000 in population, the UZA is listed under the State with the largest share of the population; however, the TMA designation applies to the entire multistate area.
The TMAs are subject to special transportation planning and programming requirements. These requirements apply to the metropolitan planning areas that must be determined jointly by the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and Governor, in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 134(e) and 49 U.S.C. 5303(e). The FTA and FHWA have developed a series of "Questions and Answers" related to applying 2020 Census data to urban areas and UZAs in the joint FTA and FHWA planning processes. More information can be found at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/urbanized_areas_and_mpo_tma/ and https://www.transit.dot.gov/census.
Additional UZAs may be designated as TMAs by the Secretary of Transportation upon request of the Governor and the MPO or affected local officials. Notification of any additional TMAs will be issued through a Secretarial Memorandum to the appropriate State Governors and MPOs, not as a notice published in the Federal Register .
For example, the Governor of Texas and the Permian Basin MPO (formerly the Midland Odessa Transportation Organization) requested TMA designations in 2012 for the Midland, Texas, and the Odessa, Texas, UZAs. On July 31, 2012, the Secretary of Transportation approved the request and designated both UZAs as TMAs. Although the Midland, Texas, and Odessa, Texas, UZAs do not meet the statutory population threshold for TMA designation under the 2020 Census, FHWA and FTA continue to recognize the Midland, Texas and Odessa, Texas UZAs as TMAs due to the Secretary's prior action.
In addition, the bi-State Lake Tahoe MPO region shall be treated as a TMA with a UZA population of 145,000 in the State of California and 65,000 in the State of Nevada, per 23 U.S.C. 134(r).
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315, 23 U.S.C. 134(k)(1)(A), 49 U.S.C. 5303(k)(1)(A), 49 CFR 1.85(c)(19), and 49 CFR 1.91(a).
Shailen P. Bhatt,
Administrator, FHWA.
Nuria Fernandez,
Administrator, FTA.
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| State/urbanized area (UZA) | UZA 2020 population | Area comparison to 2010 census TMAs; population |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama: | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 774,956 | |
| Huntsville, AL | 329,066 | |
| Mobile, AL | 321,907 | |
| Montgomery, AL | 254,348 | |
| State Total | 1,680,277 | |
| Alaska: | ||
| Anchorage, AK | 249,252 | |
| State Total | 249,252 | |
| Arizona: | ||
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 3,976,313 | Name Change. |
| Tucson, AZ | 875,441 | |
| Phoenix West-Goodyear-Avondale, AZ | 419,946 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 5,271,700 | |
| Arkansas: | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 461,864 | |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 373,687 | |
| State Total | 835,551 | |
| California: | ||
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 12,237,376 | |
| San Francisco-Oakland, CA | 3,515,933 | |
| San Diego, CA | 3,070,300 | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | 2,276,703 | |
| Sacramento, CA | 1,946,618 | |
| San Jose, CA | 1,837,446 | |
| Fresno, CA | 717,589 | |
| Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-Laguna Niguel, CA | 646,843 | Name Change. |
| Bakersfield, CA | 570,235 | |
| Concord-Walnut Creek, CA | 538,583 | Name Change. |
| Temecula-Murrieta-Menifee, CA | 528,991 | Name Change. |
| Stockton, CA | 414,847 | |
| Oxnard-San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA | 376,117 | Name Change. |
| Indio-Palm Desert-Palm Springs, CA | 361,075 | Name Change. |
| Palmdale-Lancaster, CA | 359,559 | Name Change. |
| Modesto, CA | 357,301 | |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley, CA | 355,816 | Name Change. |
| Antioch, CA | 326,205 | |
| Santa Rosa, CA | 297,329 | |
| Santa Clarita, CA | 278,031 | |
| Livermore-Pleasanton-Dublin, CA | 240,381 | New TMA. |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 213,986 | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | 202,197 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 31,669,461 | |
| Colorado: | ||
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 2,686,147 | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 632,494 | |
| Fort Collins, CO | 326,332 | |
| State Total | 3,644,973 | |
| Connecticut: | ||
| Hartford, CT | 977,158 | |
| Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY | 916,408 | |
| New Haven, CT | 561,456 | |
| State Total | 2,455,022 | |
| Delaware: | N/A | |
| State Total | ||
| District of Columbia: | ||
| Washington-Arlington, DC-VA-MD | 5,174,759 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 5,174,759 | |
| Florida: | ||
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL | 6,077,522 | Name Change. |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 2,783,045 | |
| Orlando, FL | 1,853,896 | |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,247,374 | |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 779,075 | Name Change. |
| Cape Coral, FL | 599,242 | |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL | 510,675 | |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 437,745 | |
| Bonita Springs-Estero, FL | 425,675 | Name Change. |
| Kissimmee-St. Cloud, FL | 418,404 | Name Change. |
| Daytona Beach-Palm Coast-Port Orange, FL | 402,126 | Name Change. |
| Pensacola, FL-AL | 390,172 | |
| Lakeland, FL | 277,915 | |
| Winter Haven, FL | 253,251 | |
| Tallahassee, FL | 252,934 | |
| Navarre-Miramar Beach-Destin, FL | 226,213 | New TMA. |
| Gainesville, FL | 213,748 | New TMA. |
| Deltona, FL | 210,712 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 17,359,724 | |
| Georgia: | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 4,999,259 | |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 431,480 | |
| Savannah, GA | 309,466 | |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 267,746 | |
| Gainesville, GA | 265,218 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 6,273,169 | |
| Hawaii: | ||
| Honolulu, HI | 853,252 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 853,252 | |
| Idaho: | ||
| Boise City, ID | 433,180 | |
| State Total | 433,180 | |
| Illinois: | ||
| Chicago, IL-IN | 8,671,746 | |
| Rockford, IL | 276,443 | |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake, IL-WI | 261,835 | |
| Peoria, IL | 259,781 | |
| State Total | 9,469,805 | |
| Indiana: | ||
| Indianapolis, IN | 1,699,881 | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 335,934 | |
| South Bend, IN-MI | 278,921 | |
| Evansville, IN | 206,855 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 2,521,591 | |
| Iowa: | ||
| Des Moines, IA | 542,486 | |
| Davenport, IA-IL | 285,211 | |
| State Total | 827,697 | |
| Kansas: | ||
| Wichita, KS | 500,231 | |
| State Total | 500,231 | |
| Kentucky: | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 974,397 | |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 315,631 | |
| State Total | 1,290,028 | |
| Louisiana: | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 914,531 | |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 631,326 | |
| Shreveport, LA | 288,052 | |
| Lafayette, LA | 227,316 | |
| State Total | 2,061,225 | |
| Maine: | ||
| Portland, ME | 205,356 | |
| State Total | 205,356 | |
| Maryland: | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 2,212,038 | |
| Bel Air-Aberdeen, MD | 214,647 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 2,426,685 | |
| Massachusetts: | ||
| Boston, MA-NH | 4,382,009 | Name Change. |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 482,085 | |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 442,145 | |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 303,269 | |
| State Total | 5,609,508 | |
| Michigan: | ||
| Detroit, MI | 3,776,890 | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 605,666 | |
| Lansing, MI | 318,300 | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 317,689 | |
| Flint, MI | 298,964 | |
| Kalamazoo, MI | 204,562 | |
| State Total | 5,522,071 | |
| Minnesota: | ||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 2,914,866 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 2,914,866 | |
| Mississippi: | ||
| Jackson, MS | 347,693 | |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 236,344 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 584,037 | |
| Missouri: | ||
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,156,323 | |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,674,218 | |
| Springfield, MO | 282,651 | |
| State Total | 4,113,192 | |
| Montana: | N/A | |
| State Total | ||
| Nebraska: | ||
| Omaha, NE-IA | 819,508 | |
| Lincoln, NE | 291,217 | |
| State Total | 1,110,725 | |
| Nevada: | ||
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 2,196,623 | Name Change. |
| Reno, NV-CA | 446,529 | |
| State Total | 2,643,152 | |
| New Hampshire: | ||
| Nashua, NH-MA | 242,984 | |
| State Total | 242,984 | |
| New Jersey: | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 370,422 | |
| Atlantic City-Ocean City-Villas, NJ | 294,921 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 665,343 | |
| New Mexico: | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 769,837 | |
| State Total | 769,837 | |
| New York: | ||
| New York-Jersey City-Newark, NY-NJ | 19,426,449 | Name Change. |
| Buffalo, NY | 948,864 | |
| Rochester, NY | 704,327 | |
| Albany-Schenectady, NY | 593,142 | |
| Syracuse, NY | 413,660 | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 314,766 | Name Change. |
| State Total | 22,401,208 | |
| North Carolina: | ||
| Charlotte, NC-SC | 1,379,873 | |
| Raleigh, NC | 1,106,646 | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 420,924 | |
| Durham, NC | 396,118 | |
| Greensboro, NC | 338,928 | |
| Fayetteville, NC | 325,008 | |
| Asheville, NC | 285,776 | |
| Concord, NC | 278,612 | |
| Wilmington, NC | 255,329 | |
| Hickory, NC | 201,511 | |
| State Total | 4,988,725 | |
| North Dakota: | ||
| Fargo, ND-MN | 216,214 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 216,214 | |
| Ohio: | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 1,712,178 | |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY | 1,686,744 | Name Change. |
| Columbus, OH | 1,567,254 | |
| Dayton, OH | 674,046 | |
| Akron, OH | 541,879 | |
| Toledo, OH-MI | 497,952 | |
| Youngstown, OH | 320,901 | Name Change. |
| Canton, OH | 295,319 | |
| State Total | 7,296,273 | |
| Oklahoma: | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 982,276 | |
| Tulsa, OK | 722,810 | |
| State Total | 1,705,086 | |
| Oregon: | ||
| Portland, OR-WA | 2,104,238 | |
| Eugene, OR | 270,179 | |
| Salem, OR | 268,331 | |
| State Total | 2,642,748 | |
| Pennsylvania: | ||
| Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5,696,125 | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1,745,039 | |
| Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ | 621,703 | Name Change. |
| Harrisburg, PA | 490,859 | |
| Lancaster-Manheim, PA | 394,530 | Name Change. |
| Scranton, PA | 366,713 | |
| Reading, PA | 276,278 | |
| York, PA | 238,549 | |
| State Total | 9,829,796 | |
| Puerto Rico: | ||
| San Juan, PR | 1,844,410 | |
| Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR | 232,573 | |
| State Total | 2,076,983 | |
| Rhode Island: | ||
| Providence, RI-MA | 1,285,806 | |
| State Total | 1,285,806 | |
| South Carolina: | ||
| Charleston, SC | 684,773 | Name Change. |
| Columbia, SC | 590,407 | |
| Greenville, SC | 387,271 | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC | 298,954 | Name Change. |
| Rock Hill, SC | 218,443 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 2,179,848 | |
| South Dakota: | N/A | |
| State Total | ||
| Tennessee: | ||
| Nashville-Davidson, TN | 1,158,642 | |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,056,190 | |
| Knoxville, TN | 597,257 | |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 398,569 | |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 200,947 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 3,411,605 | |
| Texas: | ||
| Houston, TX | 5,853,575 | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 5,732,354 | |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,992,689 | |
| Austin, TX | 1,809,888 | |
| El Paso, TX-NM | 854,584 | |
| McAllen, TX | 779,553 | |
| McKinney-Frisco, TX | 504,803 | New TMA. |
| Denton-Lewisville, TX | 429,461 | |
| The Woodlands-Conroe, TX | 402,454 | Name Change. |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 339,066 | |
| Lubbock, TX | 272,280 | |
| Killeen, TX | 257,222 | |
| Laredo, TX | 251,462 | |
| Brownsville, TX | 216,444 | |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 206,137 | New TMA. |
| Amarillo, TX | 205,860 | New TMA. |
| State Total | 20,107,832 | |
| Utah: | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 1,178,533 | Name Change. |
| Ogden-Layton, UT | 608,857 | |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 588,609 | |
| State Total | 2,375,999 | |
| Vermont: | N/A | |
| State Total | ||
| Virginia: | ||
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA | 1,451,578 | Name Change. |
| Richmond, VA | 1,059,150 | |
| Roanoke, VA | 217,312 | |
| State Total | 2,728,040 | |
| Washington: | ||
| Seattle-Tacoma, WA | 3,544,011 | Name Change. |
| Spokane, WA | 447,279 | |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 255,401 | Name Change. |
| Bremerton, WA | 224,449 | New TMA. |
| Olympia-Lacey, WA | 208,157 | |
| State Total | 4,679,297 | |
| West Virginia: | ||
| Huntington, WV-KY-OH | 200,157 | |
| State Total | 200,157 | |
| Wisconsin: | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 1,306,795 | |
| Madison, WI | 450,305 | |
| Appleton, WI | 230,967 | |
| Green Bay, WI | 224,156 | |
| State Total | 2,212,223 | |
| Wyoming: | N/A | |
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