Page last updated on June 12, 2025 at 1:52 pm
The Bloomington Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMCMPO) is a regional planning organization, or Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), that serves the urbanized area of Monroe County. The BMCMPO is one of fourteen MPOs in the state of Indiana. Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) were created by Congress in 1962 through the Federal Aid Highway Act, a legislation that focused on planning for urban areas, rather than cities. MPOs are required in every urbanized area as a condition for receiving certain highway and mass transit funds. The City of Bloomington Plan Commission was designated as the MPO for the Bloomington Urbanized Area by Governor Robert Orr in 1982.
The BMCMPO plans for, programs federal funding for, and support multi-modal transportation efforts within the BMCMPO Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA), which includes the developed area encompassed by the urbanized area boundary (UAB) and the areas that are expected to urbanize over the next 20 years. The BMCMPO's jurisdiction includes the City of Bloomington, the Town of Ellettsville and parts of Monroe County.
BMCMPO Recent News
UPWP - The UPWP was approved by the BMCMPO Policy Committee on April 11th 2025. The document has been submitted to INDOT for final review and approval.
MTP - The 2050 MTP was adopted by the BMCMPO Policy Committee on February 14th, 2025. The document has been submitted to INDOT for final review and approval.
TIP - The FY 2026-2030 TIP was adopted by the BMCMPO Policy Committee on March 14th, 2025. The document has been submitted to INDOT, Federal Highway, and Federal Transit for final review and approval.
Crash Dashboard - The Crash Hub & Dashboard, developed by City of Bloomington GIS staff in collaboration with BMCMPO staff, was released to the public on March 5, 2025. Crash data for 2024 is currently being processed and will be released soon. Please send comments or questions about the dashboard to mpo@bloomington.in.gov.
STIP - INDOT is in the process of updating the STIP, which is Indiana’s five-year planning and construction document listing transportation projects expected to be funded within the next five years using federal funding in addition to regionally significant state funded projects. Local projects included in the BMCMPO TIP are included in the STIP by reference. Read more about the STIP in the STIP Public Primer. An open house took place at City Hall in Bloomington, IN on April 30, 2025 to share information with and gather feedback from the community about the draft 2026-2030 STIP document. While the public comment period for this document closed in mid-May, any member of the public may submit comments and concerns to INDOT year-round at INDOT4U.com.
Local State Road Updates
SR45/10th and Smith - Around March 28th 2025, INDOT installed an all-way stop at SR45/10th and Smith. Click here to read the press release. If you have concerns or questions about this, please submit a comment to INDOT4U.com.
SR46 through Ellettsville - Around April 1, INDOT reduced the speed limit on SR 46 through Ellettsville. Currently, the speed limit on most of the road is 45. While some of the road is already at 35mph, the 35mph zone has been extended to Redbud Hill Road to Arlington Rd. Click here to read the press release. If you have concerns or questions about this, please submit a comment to INDOT4U.com.
Visit 511in.org for more information about traffic delays, road and sidewalk closures, construction, highway cameras, flooding, and other state road features (also available as an app).
Policies & Procedures
BMCMPO Policies
Policies relevant to the BMCMPO.
ADA Transition Plan LPA Resources
To remain eligible for federal transportation funding, FHWA-Indiana requires that transportation-related agencies have an operating ADA Transition Plan.
Upcoming BMCMPO Events
A link to the BMCMPO calendar showing upcoming events and public meetings.
Planning Documents
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
A strategic capital planning document used by the MPO to program funding for transportation projects.
Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)
The Metropolitan Transportation Plan provides policy guidance and transportation planning that covers a 25-year time horizon.
Unified Planning Work Program
The UPWP describes all planning activities that are anticipated in the urbanized area over two (2) fiscal programming years.
Meetings
MPO Policy Committee
Information on the BMCMPO Policy Committee (PC). General information including meeting packets, meeting dates, and times.
MPO Technical Advisory Committee
Information on the BMCMPO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). General information including meeting packets, meeting dates, and times.
MPO Citizens Advisory Committee
Information on the BMCMPO Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC). General information including meeting packets, meeting dates, and times.
Maps & Data
Environmental Justice
EPA's Environmental Justice demographic indexes datasets in the BMCMPO region.
Crashes & Roadway Safety Hub & Dashboard
Mapping and statistics of motorized vehicles, bicycle, and pedestrian crashes for the BMCMPO planning area and the larger Monroe County, Indiana. An analysis of high priority corridors and intersections for roadway safety.
BMCMPO TIP FY2024-2028 Projects
Projects programmed to receive local and federal funding between fiscal year and 2024 and 2028. The projects in the TIP are proposed by government and transportation agencies in the Bloomington-Monroe County region.
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Projects (under development)
*UNDER DEVELOPMENT* The TIP Map is a tool for viewing the locations of projects within Monroe County that have received federal funding allocations through the MPO in the past, or are programmed in the current TIP document to receive federal funding allocations through the MPO through fiscal year 2030. Federal funds distributed through the BMCMPO support only the projects that fall within the Urban Area Boundary layer. This map also includes projects receiving state and federal funding distributed through the State of Indiana documented within the BMCMPO's TIP and INDOT's STIP document.
State Resources
Air Quality Data
Near-real time air quality maps and data, and air monitoring summaries and reports are available to the public.
INDOT Customer Service
Reach INDOT Customer Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ask questions, report a concern, or make comments or recommendations to INDOT directly. Visit INDOT4U.com, call 1-855-INDOT4U (1-855-463-6848), or email indot@indot.in.gov.
INDOT Facebook Page
INDOT updates posted to Facebook.
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
Current, draft and previous versions of the STIP.
Traffic Data
Current and historic traffic data, Traffic Viewer, Traffic Count Database System, and traffic statistics.
TrafficWise
Website showing locations of highway cameras, traffic delays, lane closures, roadwork, flooding, and other state road disruptions. Also available as an app.