Below is a list of Iowa’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Regional Planning Affiliations (RPAs), and Council of Governments (COGs). Stay up-to-date and informed of transportation, planning and land-use issues in your area! The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Systems Planning website provides descriptions of the agencies, as well as an interactive map showing urban areas and counties served by each.
- Ames: AAMPO – Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Cedar Rapids: Corridor MPO – The Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Council Bluffs/Omaha: MAPA – Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
- Davenport/Quad Cities: BSRC – Bi-State Regional Commission
- Des Moines: DMAMPO – Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Dubuque: DMATS – Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study
- Iowa City: MPOJC – Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County
- Sioux City: SIMPCO – Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council
- Waterloo: INRCOG – Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments
- RPA 1: Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission
- RPA 2: North Iowa Area Council of Governments
- RPA 3: Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission
- RPA 4: Siouxland Regional Transportation Planning Association
- RPA 5: MIDAS Council of Governments
- RPA 6: Region Six Planning Commission
- RPA 7: INRCOG – Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority
- RPA 8: East Central Intergovernmental Association & DMATS
- RPA 9: Bi-State Regional Commission
- RPA 10: East Central Council of Governments
- RPA 11: Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance
- RPA 12: Region XII Council of Governments
- RPA 13: SWIPCO – Southwest Iowa Planning Council
- RPA 14: SICOG – Southern Iowa Council of Governments
- RPA 15: Area 15 Regional Planning Commission
- RPA 16: SEIRPC – Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission
- RPA 17: CVTPA – Chariton Valley Transportation Planning Affiliation
- RPA 18: MAPA – Metropolitan Area Planning Agency Council of Governments