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Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization

The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area is responsible for the continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative transportation planning program for the Gainesville Metropolitan Area. This planning program is required in order to receive federal and state funds for highway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian transportation projects.




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ONGOING PROJECTS:

Countywide Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan




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GACTPO: Comprehensive Transit Governance/Planning Coordination Meeting

DATE: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

TIME: 9:00 am to 10:30 am

LOCATION: Conference Room 207 of the County Annex Building, 10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida

DESCRIPTION: As directed by the Gainesville & Alachua County Transportation Planning Organization (GACTPO) Governing Board at its March 2, 2026, meeting, the GACTPO, serving in its role as the MPO, will be conducting a meeting on Comprehensive Transit Governance and Planning. This meeting is intended to begin discussions for a comprehensive and coordinated transit system that provides transit services countywide and to discuss RTS governance or moving towards an independent transit authority. Participating agencies include representatives from the University of Florida (UF), Regional Transit System (RTS), City of Gainesville, and Alachua County. The meeting is open to the public, and public participation is encouraged.
For more information about this meeting, please contact Anoch Whitfield, AICP, GACTPO Executive Director, at or . To participate virtually, please see Microsoft Teams info below.

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Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/295214232864625?p=k1UTq7EHNhCaA9H20s Meeting ID: 295 214 232 864 625 Passcode: de3hC7Sh
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