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  2023-11810. Designation of Transportation Management Areas  

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    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.

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    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.

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    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).

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    Shailen P. Bhatt,

    Administrator, FHWA.

    Nuria Fernandez,

    Administrator, FTA.

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    State/urbanized area (UZA)UZA 2020 populationArea comparison to 2010 census TMAs; population
    Alabama:
    Birmingham, AL774,956
    Huntsville, AL329,066
    Mobile, AL321,907
    Montgomery, AL254,348
    State Total1,680,277
    Alaska:
    Anchorage, AK249,252
    State Total249,252
    Arizona:
    Phoenix—Mesa—Scottsdale, AZ3,976,313Name Change.
    Tucson, AZ875,441
    Phoenix West—Goodyear—Avondale, AZ419,946New TMA.
    State Total5,271,700
    Arkansas:
    Little Rock, AR461,864
    Fayetteville-Springdale—Rogers, AR-MO373,687
    State Total835,551
    California:
    Los Angeles—Long Beach-Anaheim, CA12,237,376
    San Francisco—Oakland, CA3,515,933
    San Diego, CA3,070,300
    Riverside—San Bernardino, CA2,276,703
    Sacramento, CA1,946,618
    San Jose, CA1,837,446
    Fresno, CA717,589
    Mission Viejo—Lake Forest—Laguna Niguel, CA646,843Name Change.
    Bakersfield, CA570,235
    Concord—Walnut Creek, CA538,583Name Change.
    Temecula—Murrieta—Menifee, CA528,991Name Change.
    Stockton, CA414,847
    Oxnard—San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA376,117Name Change.
    Indio—Palm Desert—Palm Springs, CA361,075Name Change.
    Palmdale—Lancaster, CA359,559Name Change.
    Modesto, CA357,301
    Victorville—Hesperia—Apple Valley, CA355,816Name Change.
    Antioch, CA326,205
    Santa Rosa, CA297,329
    Santa Clarita, CA278,031
    Livermore—Pleasanton—Dublin, CA240,381New TMA.
    Thousand Oaks, CA213,986
    Santa Barbara, CA202,197New TMA.
    State Total31,669,461
    Colorado:
    Denver—Aurora, CO2,686,147
    Colorado Springs, CO632,494
    Fort Collins, CO326,332
    State Total3,644,973
    Connecticut:
    Hartford, CT977,158
    Bridgeport—Stamford, CT-NY916,408
    New Haven, CT561,456
    State Total2,455,022
    Delaware:N/A
    State Total
    District of Columbia:
    Washington—Arlington, DC-VA-MD5,174,759Name Change.
    State Total5,174,759
    Florida:
    Miami—Fort Lauderdale, FL6,077,522Name Change.
    Tampa—St. Petersburg, FL2,783,045
    Orlando, FL1,853,896
    Jacksonville, FL1,247,374
    Bradenton—Sarasota—Venice, FL779,075Name Change.
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    Cape Coral, FL599,242
    Palm Bay—Melbourne, FL510,675
    Port St. Lucie, FL437,745
    Bonita Springs—Estero, FL425,675Name Change.
    Kissimmee—St. Cloud, FL418,404Name Change.
    Daytona Beach—Palm Coast—Port Orange, FL402,126Name Change.
    Pensacola, FL—AL390,172
    Lakeland, FL277,915
    Winter Haven, FL253,251
    Tallahassee, FL252,934
    Navarre—Miramar Beach—Destin, FL226,213New TMA.
    Gainesville, FL213,748New TMA.
    Deltona, FL210,712New TMA.
    State Total17,359,724
    Georgia:
    Atlanta, GA4,999,259
    Augusta—Richmond County, GA-SC431,480
    Savannah, GA309,466
    Columbus, GA-AL267,746
    Gainesville, GA265,218New TMA.
    State Total6,273,169
    Hawaii:
    Honolulu, HI853,252Name Change.
    State Total853,252
    Idaho:
    Boise City, ID433,180
    State Total433,180
    Illinois:
    Chicago, IL-IN8,671,746
    Rockford, IL276,443
    Round Lake Beach—McHenry—Grayslake, IL-WI261,835
    Peoria, IL259,781
    State Total9,469,805
    Indiana:
    Indianapolis, IN1,699,881
    Fort Wayne, IN335,934
    South Bend, IN-MI278,921
    Evansville, IN206,855Name Change.
    State Total2,521,591
    Iowa:
    Des Moines, IA542,486
    Davenport, IA-IL285,211
    State Total827,697
    Kansas:
    Wichita, KS500,231
    State Total500,231
    Kentucky:
    Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN974,397
    Lexington-Fayette, KY315,631
    State Total1,290,028
    Louisiana:
    New Orleans, LA914,531
    Baton Rouge, LA631,326
    Shreveport, LA288,052
    Lafayette, LA227,316
    State Total2,061,225
    Maine:
    Portland, ME205,356
    State Total205,356
    Maryland:
    Baltimore, MD2,212,038
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    Bel Air—Aberdeen, MD214,647Name Change.
    State Total2,426,685
    Massachusetts:
    Boston, MA-NH4,382,009Name Change.
    Worcester, MA-CT482,085
    Springfield, MA-CT442,145
    Barnstable Town, MA303,269
    State Total5,609,508
    Michigan:
    Detroit, MI3,776,890
    Grand Rapids, MI605,666
    Lansing, MI318,300
    Ann Arbor, MI317,689
    Flint, MI298,964
    Kalamazoo, MI204,562
    State Total5,522,071
    Minnesota:
    Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN2,914,866Name Change.
    State Total2,914,866
    Mississippi:
    Jackson, MS347,693
    Gulfport—Biloxi, MS236,344Name Change.
    State Total584,037
    Missouri:
    St. Louis, MO-IL2,156,323
    Kansas City, MO-KS1,674,218
    Springfield, MO282,651
    State Total4,113,192
    Montana:N/A
    State Total
    Nebraska:
    Omaha, NE-IA819,508
    Lincoln, NE291,217
    State Total1,110,725
    Nevada:
    Las Vegas—Henderson—Paradise, NV2,196,623Name Change.
    Reno, NV-CA446,529
    State Total2,643,152
    New Hampshire:
    Nashua, NH-MA242,984
    State Total242,984
    New Jersey:
    Trenton, NJ370,422
    Atlantic City—Ocean City—Villas, NJ294,921Name Change.
    State Total665,343
    New Mexico:
    Albuquerque, NM769,837
    State Total769,837
    New York:
    New York—Jersey City—Newark, NY-NJ19,426,449Name Change.
    Buffalo, NY948,864
    Rochester, NY704,327
    Albany—Schenectady, NY593,142
    Syracuse, NY413,660
    Poughkeepsie—Newburgh, NY314,766Name Change.
    State Total22,401,208
    North Carolina:
    Charlotte, NC-SC1,379,873
    Raleigh, NC1,106,646
    Winston-Salem, NC420,924
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    Durham, NC396,118
    Greensboro, NC338,928
    Fayetteville, NC325,008
    Asheville, NC285,776
    Concord, NC278,612
    Wilmington, NC255,329
    Hickory, NC201,511
    State Total4,988,725
    North Dakota:
    Fargo, ND-MN216,214New TMA.
    State Total216,214
    Ohio:
    Cleveland, OH1,712,178
    Cincinnati, OH-KY1,686,744Name Change.
    Columbus, OH1,567,254
    Dayton, OH674,046
    Akron, OH541,879
    Toledo, OH-MI497,952
    Youngstown, OH320,901Name Change.
    Canton, OH295,319
    State Total7,296,273
    Oklahoma:
    Oklahoma City, OK982,276
    Tulsa, OK722,810
    State Total1,705,086
    Oregon:
    Portland, OR-WA2,104,238
    Eugene, OR270,179
    Salem, OR268,331
    State Total2,642,748
    Pennsylvania:
    Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD5,696,125
    Pittsburgh, PA1,745,039
    Allentown—Bethlehem, PA-NJ621,703Name Change.
    Harrisburg, PA490,859
    Lancaster—Manheim, PA394,530Name Change.
    Scranton, PA366,713
    Reading, PA276,278
    York, PA238,549
    State Total9,829,796
    Puerto Rico:
    San Juan, PR1,844,410
    Aguadilla—Isabela—San Sebastian, PR232,573
    State Total2,076,983
    Rhode Island:
    Providence, RI-MA1,285,806
    State Total1,285,806
    South Carolina:
    Charleston, SC684,773Name Change.
    Columbia, SC590,407
    Greenville, SC387,271
    Myrtle Beach—North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC298,954Name Change.
    Rock Hill, SC218,443New TMA.
    State Total2,179,848
    South Dakota:N/A
    State Total
    Tennessee:
    Nashville-Davidson, TN1,158,642
    Memphis, TN-MS-AR1,056,190
    Knoxville, TN597,257
    Chattanooga, TN-GA398,569
    Clarksville, TN-KY200,947New TMA.
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    State Total3,411,605
    Texas:
    Houston, TX5,853,575
    Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington, TX5,732,354
    San Antonio, TX1,992,689
    Austin, TX1,809,888
    El Paso, TX-NM854,584
    McAllen, TX779,553
    McKinney—Frisco, TX504,803New TMA.
    Denton—Lewisville, TX429,461
    The Woodlands—Conroe, TX402,454Name Change.
    Corpus Christi, TX339,066
    Lubbock, TX272,280
    Killeen, TX257,222
    Laredo, TX251,462
    Brownsville, TX216,444
    College Station—Bryan, TX206,137New TMA.
    Amarillo, TX205,860New TMA.
    State Total20,107,832
    Utah:
    Salt Lake City, UT1,178,533Name Change.
    Ogden—Layton, UT608,857
    Provo—Orem, UT588,609
    State Total2,375,999
    Vermont:N/A
    State Total
    Virginia:
    Virginia Beach—Norfolk, VA1,451,578Name Change.
    Richmond, VA1,059,150
    Roanoke, VA217,312
    State Total2,728,040
    Washington:
    Seattle—Tacoma, WA3,544,011Name Change.
    Spokane, WA447,279
    Kennewick—Richland—Pasco, WA255,401Name Change.
    Bremerton, WA224,449New TMA.
    Olympia—Lacey, WA208,157
    State Total4,679,297
    West Virginia:
    Huntington, WV-KY-OH200,157
    State Total200,157
    Wisconsin:
    Milwaukee, WI1,306,795
    Madison, WI450,305
    Appleton, WI230,967
    Green Bay, WI224,156
    State Total2,212,223
    Wyoming:N/A
    State Total
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Effective Date:
6/5/2023
Published:
06/05/2023
Department:
Federal Transit Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
2023-11810
Dates:
This notice is effective June 5, 2023.
Pages:
36637-36642 (6 pages)
PDF File:
2023-11810.pdf