Committees

Active Transportation Working Group

The Active Transportation Working Group provides leadership and guidance in the realm of active transportation. The group provides a forum to share information about best practices and collaborate on shared interests. It consists of diverse representatives throughout Central Ohio including local governments, public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private interests.

Central Ohio GIS User Working Group

COGUG is a group of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional users that meets quarterly to discuss trends and best practices in the sharing and consumption of spatial data using commercial and open-source GIS. Meetings are open to GIS users of public and private organizations.

Central Ohio Greenways Advisory Council

Central Ohio Greenways (COG) is a trail network of national significance spanning 230+ miles, connecting Central Ohio to other parts of the state and country. These trails are traveled more than 12 million miles annually providing economic, quality of life, and health benefits to the community.

Central Ohio Metropolitan Planning Organization Board

The Transportation Policy Committee, as the “Metropolitan Planning Organization” (MPO), is the forum for cooperative decision making that approves required actions of the transportation planning process. The committee is composed largely of public officials. All meetings are open to the public.

Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization (CORPO) County Subcommittees

The Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization (CORPO) provides transportation planning products and services in seven nonmetropolitan counties of the MORPC region. The seven counties that make up CORPO are Fairfield, Knox, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Pickaway, and Union. CORPO is staffed by MORPC and guided by the CORPO committee and county-level subcommittees.

Central Ohio Systems Management Organizational Sharing

COSMOS is a group of public-sector Information Technology professionals that meets quarterly in order to discuss matters relating to technology and facilitate best practices. COSMOS seeks to coordinate technological infrastructure and communication between our members.

Central Ohio Water Advisory Council

The Sustaining Scioto Board guides the Sustaining Scioto Implementation Plan to help the region adapt to climate change and ensure access to clean and abundant water for a growing region.

Commission

MORPC’s board of commissioners determines the strategic direction of the agency. Our local government members appoint elected officials and staff to serve as their representatives to the commission. All meetings are open to the public.

Community Advisory Committee

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is comprised of volunteers representing a broad segment of the population including, but not limited to, low-income and minority households and those traditionally underserved by transportation.

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee

The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) is a regional road map for economic development. The development of the CEDS was a collaborative regional effort, bringing together representatives from both the public and private sectors, to ensure consensus as the blueprint for the district was established.

Energy & Air Quality Working Group

The Energy & Air Quality Working Group provides leadership and guidance in the areas of energy and air quality. The working group provides a forum to share information about best practices and collaborate on shared interests. The group consists of diverse representatives throughout Central Ohio including local governments, public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private interests.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Commission regarding our goals, objectives, strategic direction, public policy issues and budgetary issues. The Executive Committee is also authorized to address personnel matters, as well as operational and administrative policies and procedures.

MPO Funding Committee

The Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Funding Committee provides advice to the MPO Board, the Transportation Advisory Committee, and the Community Advisory Committee on the development and execution of the processes used to allocate MORPC-attributable federal funds to projects and project sponsors.

Regional Data Roundtable

The Regional Data Advisory Committee (RDAC) is a top-level advisory committee consisting of data experts representing the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors. The members evaluate and advise the Commission and MORPC staff on matters of regional importance pertaining to data. The RDAC vision is to make Central Ohio a leader in using data to improve the quality of life for all residents.

Regional Information & Data Working Group (RIDG)

The Regional Information & Data Group (RIDG) serves as a forum for sharing knowledge resources across organizations to enhance the ability, as a region, to use data to inform and improve planning, policy, and other decision-making that affects residents now and in the future. RIDG serves as an opportunity for professionals to convene around public sector challenges on a quarterly basis.

Regional Policy Roundtable

The Regional Policy Roundtable directs the public policy and advocacy work of MORPC. The committee includes representatives from local governments, businesses and non-profits who offer guidance on current issues and create a biennial public policy agenda that serves as a framework of our policy positions.

Regional Sustainability Roundtable

The Sustainability Advisory Committee serves as the voice for sustainability on MORPC’s Commission and as advisors to MORPC’s sustainability-focused programming, working groups, and other committees.

RTPO Funding Committee

The RTPO Funding Committee provides advice to the Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization (CORPO) Board on the development and execution of the processes used to award CORPO Dedicated Funds to projects and project sponsors. Members of the RTPO Funding Committee are members of the CORPO Board and any project sponsors applying for funding in the current round.

Transportation Advisory Committee

The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) includes representatives from state, local and federal transportation agencies, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, public utilities, the taxicab industry and charter bus/van operators.

Upcoming Meetings

October 9, 2025, 1:30pm - 3:00pm

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