• What Are Megaregions?
• Megaregion Case Studies
• Specific Issues Involving Megaregions
• Quarterly Workgroup
• Reports & Resources
• Planning Frameworks & Examples

Megaregions

FHWA Funded Reports

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• Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Transportation Planning For Megaregions - Decenber 2014 (PDF 2.7 MB)
• Atlanta, Georgia Peer Exchange Report (PDF 2.1 MB)
• 2011 - Literature Review of Organizational Structures and Finance of Multi-jurisdictional Initiatives and the Implications for Megaregion Transportation Planning in the U.S.
• 2008 - Megaregions: Literature Review of the Implications for U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Transportation Planning
• Role of Regional Planning Organizations in Transportation Planning Across Boundaries (PDF 1 MB)
• The Chesapeake Megaregion Market Analysis (PDF 5.9 MB)

Resources

This section addresses other megaregion concepts that have a limited presence in publicly available literature.

• Emergency Management
  • FEMA, 2011. US Demographic Shifts
• Models
  • Ducca et al., 2012. A Megaregion Framework for Analyzing a High Energy Price Future Emergency Management
• Performance Measures
  • Oswald et al., 2012. Identifying Resiliency Performance Measures for Megaregional Planning
• Related Links
  • John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
    • Volpe Transportation Planning Division
  • Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth
  • TRB Joint Subcommittee on Megaregions