Projects Overview

More than 35 years of building for the future...

Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan

Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan

Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan

June 2014

GREENPRINT 2015/2040 is the final plan of the Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan initiative, a process funded by a $2,619,999 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded to Shelby County Government. The 25-year plan...

I-269 TN Regional vision plan

I-269 TN Regional vision plan

I-269 TN Regional Vision Plan

Jan 2013

In an effort to help shape future development along the I-269 Corridor in Tennessee, the Transportation Policy Board (TPB) of the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) recommended a study to look at how the jurisdictions along the Tennessee portion of I-269, would like to see...

Poplar Southern Corridor Study

Poplar Southern Corridor Study

Poplar Southern Corridor

July 2010

The Southern/Poplar Corridor is a major east-west arterial roadway in Shelby County, TN. The corridor plays an important role as a business/transportation corridor for the region and as a result has attracted enormous growth and development along it. The section of Norfolk Southern railroad that...

Man at a MATA bus stop

Man at a MATA bus stop

Bus Stop Design and Accessibility Guidelines

May 2016

Background In an effort to improve the quality of bus stops in the Greater Memphis Region the Memphis MPO, in partnership with the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA), embarked on a project to develop a set of guidelines for the improvement of current and proposed...

Lum grid structure

Lum grid structure

Land Use Model Update

Mar 2015

A critical component of understanding future travel patterns and travel need throughout the Greater Memphis region is having a model to forecast future regional development, land use and urban form. The MPO completed an update to its Land Use Model (LUM) in the Spring of...

Houston Levee Plan

Houston Levee Plan

Houston Levee Corridor

Nov 2010

Houston Levee is an important north-south arterial roadway in the eastern part of Shelby County. It begins South of US-Hwy 64 and extends to Shelby Drive in the southern part of the county. The corridor has played a vital role in the growth of the...

MPO Projects

Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan

Mid-South Greenprint

GREENPRINT 2015/2040 is the final plan of the Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan initiative, a process funded by a...


I-269 TN Regional vision plan

I-269 TN Plan

In an effort to help shape future development along the I-269 Corridor in Tennessee, the Transportation Policy Board (TPB) of...


Poplar Southern Corridor Study

Poplar Southern Corridor

The Southern/Poplar Corridor is a major east-west arterial roadway in Shelby County, TN. The corridor plays an important role as...


Man at a MATA bus stop

Bus Stop Design & ADA

Background In an effort to improve the quality of bus stops in the Greater Memphis Region the Memphis MPO, in...


Lum grid structure

Land Use Model

A critical component of understanding future travel patterns and travel need throughout the Greater Memphis region is having a model...


Houston Levee Plan

Houston Levee Corridor

Houston Levee is an important north-south arterial roadway in the eastern part of Shelby County. It begins South of US-Hwy...