02-16998. Designation of Transportation Management Areas

AGENCIES:

Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of designation.

SUMMARY:

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are announcing that all urbanized areas (UZAs) with populations greater than 200,000 as determined by the 2000 Census, are hereby designated as Transportation Management Areas (TMAs). The FTA and the FHWA are taking this action in compliance with the agencies' authorizing statutes, 23 U.S.C. 134, and 49 U.S.C. 5305. This action supersedes the agencies' designations of TMAs made in the Federal Register on May 18, 1992, at 57 FR 21160.

DATES:

This notice is effective July 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For FTA related questions, Paul L. Verchinski, Office of Planning Operations (TPL-11), [phone], Federal Transit Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. e-mail: [e-mail]. Scott Biehl, Office of Chief Counsel (TCC), [phone], Federal Transit Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. e-mail: [e-mail]. Office hours for the FTA are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

For FHWA related questions, Sheldon Edner, Office of Metropolitan Planning (HEPM), [phone], Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. e-mail: [e-mail]. Reid Alsop, Office of Chief Counsel (HCC), [phone], Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. e-mail: [e-mail]. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Titles 23 and 49 of the United States Code (23 U.S.C. 134 (i), and 49 U.S.C. 5305, respectively) require the Secretary of Transportation to designate urbanized areas over 200,000 population as Transportation Management Areas (TMAs). A number of Census Bureau defined areas across the United States have recently exceeded 200,000 in population as determined by the 2000 Census. Accordingly, this notice hereby designates such areas as TMAs. Designated TMAs are subject to special planning and programming requirements. The FTA and the FHWA have developed a series of “Questions and Answers” related to applying 2000 Census data to Urbanized and Urban areas in the FTA and FHWA planning processes. More information can be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/​planning/​census/​faqa2cdt.htm or http://www.fta.dot.gov/​library/​planning/​census/​qa.html. These requirements apply to the metropolitan planning area that must be determined jointly under 23 U.S.C. 134(c), and 49 U.S.C 5303(d).

Additional areas shall be designated as TMAs 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. The UZAs with populations over 200,000, which are hereby designated as TMAs, are listed below. Three areas were previously designated TMAs at Gubernatorial request; Santa Barbara, California; Southern New Jersey, New Jersey; and Petersburg, Virginia. Of these three areas, only Santa Barbara, California did not meet the statutory population threshold for formal designation. However, Santa Barbara continues to be designated as a TMA as a result of the previous request.

There have been significant changes in the Census 2000 universe of urbanized areas from those defined, based on the 1990 census and criteria. These changes include new areas, areas formed by splits or mergers, name changes, and areas with significant boundary changes.

For multi-state urbanized areas over 200,000 population, the urbanized area is listed under the State with the largest share of the population. However, the TMA designation applies to the entire multi-state urbanized area. Montgomery, Alabama was previously designated a TMA, but fell below 200,000 in population and thus no longer meets the minimum population threshold to be classified as a TMA and is not included in the list of TMAs. Lorain-Elyria, Ohio was also previously designated as a TMA but is not included in the current list, since its Census designated population no longer meets the 200,000 threshold after a portion of the area has been absorbed by another, larger TMA (Cleveland).

The Census Bureau defined the Census 2000 urbanized areas using the criteria published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2002 (67 FR 11663). As a result of using these definitions, there were significant changes in the Census 2000 universe of urbanized areas from those defined, based on the 1990 census and criteria. A detailed description of the terminology and changes noted in the column entitled “Area Comparison to 1990 Census TMAs” is presented in the Census Bureau's notice of “Qualifying Urban Areas for Census 2000” in the Federal Register on May 1, 2002 (67 FR 21961).

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 23 U.S.C. 134(i), 49 U.S.C. 5305, 49 CFR 1.48 and 1.51.

Issued on: July 1, 2002.

Jennifer L. Dorn,

Federal Transit Administrator.

Mary E. Peters,

Federal Highway Administrator.

State/urbanized area (UZA)	UZA 2000 population	Area comparison to 1990 Census TMAs; population
Alabama
Birmingham, AL	663,615	No change.
Mobile, AL	317,605	No change.
Huntsville, AL	213,253	New TMA.
State Total	1,194,473
Alaska
Anchorage, AK	225,744	Reduced in Geographic Area.
State Total	225,744
Arizona
Phoenix—Mesa, AZ	2,907,049	No change.
Tucson, AZ	720,425	Reduced in Geographic Area.
State Total	3,627,474
Arkansas
Little Rock, AR	360,331	Name Change.
State Total	360,331
California
Los Angeles—Long Beach—Santa Ana, CA	11,789,487	TMA formed by UA split.
San Francisco—Oakland, CA	2,995,769	Increased in Geographic Area.
San Diego, CA	2,674,436	No change.
San Jose, CA	1,538,312	Reduced in Geographic Area.
Riverside—San Bernardino, CA	1,506,816	No change.
Sacramento, CA	1,393,498	No change.
Fresno, CA	554,923	No change.
Concord, CA	552,624	TMA formed by UA split.
Mission Viejo, CA	533,015	TMA formed by UA split.
Bakersfield, CA	396,125	No change.
Oxnard, CA	337,591	TMA formed by UA split.
Stockton, CA	313,392	No change.
Modesto, CA	310,945	No change.
Santa Rosa, CA	285,408	New TMA.
Lancaster—Palmdale, CA	263,532	New TMA.
Indio—Cathedral City—Palm Springs, CA	254,856	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
San Rafael—Novato, CA	232,836	TMA formed by UA split.
Temecula—Murrieta, CA	229,810	No change.
Antioch, CA	217,591	New TMA with Name Change.
Thousand Oaks, CA	210,990	TMA formed by UA split.
Victorville—Hesperia—Apple Valley, CA	200,436	New TMA with Name Change.
State Total	26,792,392
Colorado
Denver—Aurora, CO	1,984,887	Name Change.
Colorado Springs, CO	466,122	No change.
Fort Collins, CO	206,633	New TMA.
State Total	2,657,642
Connecticut
Bridgeport—Stamford, CT—NY	888,890	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Hartford, CT	851,535	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
New Haven, CT	531,314	Name Change.
State Total	2,271,739
Delaware
State Total
District of Columbia
Washington, DC—VA—MD	3,933,920	Name Change.
State Total	3,933,920
Florida
Miami, FL	4,919,036	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Tampa—St. Petersburg, FL	2,062,339	Name Change.
Orlando, FL	1,157,431	Reduced in Geographic Area.
Jacksonville, FL	882,295	No change.
Sarasota—Bradenton, FL	559,229	No change.
Palm Bay—Melbourne, FL	393,289	No change.
Cape Coral, FL	329,757	Name Change.
Pensacola, FL-AL	323,783	Name Change.
Port St. Lucie, FL	270,774	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Daytona Beach—Port Orange, FL	255,353	Name Change.
Bonita Springs—Naples, FL	221,251	New TMA with Name Change.
Tallahassee, FL	204,260	New TMA.
State Total	11,578,797
Georgia
Atlanta, GA	3,499,840	No change.
Augusta—Richmond County, GA—SC	335,630	Name Change.
Columbus, GA—AL	242,324	No change.
Savannah, GA	208,886	New TMA, Reduced in Geographic Area.
State Total	4,286,680
Hawaii
Honolulu, HI	718,182	No change.
State Total	718,182
Idaho
Boise City, ID	272,625	New TMA.
State Total	272,625
Illinois
Chicago, IL—IN	8,307,904	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Rockford, IL	270,414	Increased in Geographic Area.
Peoria, IL	247,172	No change.
Round Lake Beach—McHenry—Grayslake, IL—WI	226,848	New TMA.
State Total	9,052,338
Indiana
Indianapolis, IN	1,218,919	No change.
Fort Wayne, IN	287,759	No change.
South Bend, IN—MI	276,498	Name Change.
Evansville, IN—KY	211,989	New TMA.
State Total	1,995,165
Iowa
Des Moines, IA	370,505	No change.
Davenport, IA—IL	270,626	Name Change.
State Total	641,131
Kansas
Wichita, KS	422,301	No change.
State Total	422,301
Kentucky
Louisville, KY—IN	863,582	No change.
Lexington—Fayette, KY	250,994	No change.
State Total	1,114,576
Louisiana
New Orleans, LA	1,009,283	No change.
Baton Rouge, LA	479,019	No change.
Shreveport, LA	275,213	No change.
State Total	1,763,515
Maine
State Total
Maryland
Baltimore	2,076,354	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
State Total	2,076,354
Massachusetts
Boston, MA—NH—RI	4,032,484	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Springfield, MA—CT	573,610	No change.
Worcester, MA—CT	429,882	No change.
Barnstable Town, MA	243,667	New TMA.
State Total	5,279,643
Michigan
Detroit, MI	3,903,377	No change.
Grand Rapids, MI	539,080	No change.
Flint, MI	365,096	No change.
Lansing, MI	300,032	Name Change.
Ann Arbor, MI	283,904	No change.
State Total	5,391,489
Minnesota
Minneapolis—St. Paul, MN	2,388,593	No change.
State Total	2,388,593
Mississippi
Jackson, MS	292,637	Reduced in Geographic Area.
Gulfport—Biloxi, MS	205,754	New TMA.
State Total	498,391
Missouri
St. Louis, MO—IL	2,077,662	No change.
Kansas City, MO—KS	1,361,744	TMA formed by UA split.
Springfield, MO	215,004	New TMA.
State Total	3,654,410
Montana
State Total
Nebraska
Omaha, NE—IA	626,623	No change.
Lincoln, NE	226,582	New TMA.
State Total	853,205
Nevada
Las Vegas, NV	1,314,357	No change.
Reno, NV	303,689	No change.
State Total	1,618,046
New Hampshire
State Total
New Jersey
Atlantic City, NJ	227,180	New TMA.
Trenton, NJ	268,472	Name Change.
State Total	495,652
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM	598,191	No change.
State Total	598,191
New York
New York—Newark, NY—NJ—CT	17,799,861	Name Change, Reduced in Geographic Area.
Buffalo, NY	976,703	Name Change.
Rochester, NY	694,396	No change.
Albany, NY	558,947	Name Change.
Syracuse, NY	402,267	No change.
Poughkeepsie—Newburgh, NY	351,982	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
State Total	20,784,156
North Carolina
Charlotte, NC—SC	758,927	Name Change, Increased in Geographic Area.
Raleigh, NC	541,527	No change.
Winston-Salem, NC	299,290	New TMA.
Durham, NC	287,796	No change.
Fayetteville, NC	276,368	No change.
Greensboro, NC	267,884	New TMA.
Asheville, NC	221,570	New TMA.
State Total	2,653,362
North Dakota
State Total
Ohio
Cleveland, OH	1,786,647	No change.
Cincinnati, OH—KY—IN	1,503,262	Name Change, Increased in Geographic Area.
Columbus, OH	1,133,193	No change.
Dayton, OH	703,444	Increased in Geographic Area.
Akron, OH	570,215	Reduced in Geographic Area.
Toledo, OH—MI	503,008	No change.
Youngstown, OH—PA	417,437	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Canton, OH	266,595	No change.
State Total	6,883,801
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK	747,003	No change.
Tulsa, OK	558,329	No change.
State Total	1,305,332
Oregon
Portland, OR—WA	1,583,138	Name Change.
Eugene, OR	224,049	New TMA.
Salem, OR	207,229	New TMA.
State Total	2,014,416
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA—NJ—DE—MD	5,149,079	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Pittsburgh, PA	1,753,136	No change.
Allentown—Bethlehem, PA—NJ	576,408	Name Change.
Scranton, PA	385,237	Name Change.
Harrisburg, PA	362,782	No change.
Lancaster, PA	323,554	New TMA.
Reading, PA	240,264	New TMA.
State Total	8,790,460
Rhode Island
Providence, RI—MA	1,174,548	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
State Total	1,174,548
South Carolina
Charleston—North Charleston, SC	423,410	Name Change.
Columbia, SC	420,537	No change.
Greenville, SC	302,194	No change.
State Total	1,146,141
South Dakota
State Total
Tennessee
Memphis, TN—MS—AR	972,091	Name Change.
Nashville-Davidson, TN	749,935	Name Change.
Knoxville, TN	419,830	No change.
Chattanooga, TN—GA	343,509	No change.
State Total	2,485,365
Texas
Dallas—Fort Worth—Arlington, TX	4,145,659	Name Change.
Houston, TX	3,822,509	Increased in Geographic Area.
San Antonio, TX	1,327,554	No change.
Austin, TX	901,920	No change.
El Paso, TX	674,801	No change.
McAllen, TX	523,144	Name Change.
Denton—Lewisville, TX	299,823	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Corpus Christi, TX	293,925	No change.
Lubbock, TX	202,225	New TMA.
State Total	12,191,560
Utah
Salt Lake City, UT	887,650	Reduced in Geographic Area.
Ogden—Layton, UT	417,933	Name Change, Increased in Geographic Area.
Provo—Orem, UT	303,680	No change.
State Total	1,609,263
Vermont
State Total
Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA	1,394,439	Name Change, Reduced in Geographic Area.
Richmond, VA	818,836	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
State Total	2,213,275
Washington
Seattle, WA	2,712,205	TMA formed by UA split with UA merger.
Spokane, WA—ID	334,858	Name Change.
State Total	3,047,063
West Virginia
State Total
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI	1,308,913	No change.
Madison, WI	329,533	No change.
State Total	1,638,446
Wyoming
State Total
Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR	2,216,616	TMA formed by UA merger with Name Change.
Aguadilla—Isabela—San Sebastian, PR	299,086	New TMA with Name Change.
State Total	2,515,702
U.S. Totals	163,700,187
U.S. & Puerto Rico Totals	166,215,889