Orlando Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Orlando Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, doing business as Metroplan Orlando, is a U.S. local government planning entity that acts as a federal grant recipient to deliver transportation planning and systems optimization services to the Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Energy. Metroplan Orlando is a government entity — an inter-municipal planning commission serving Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties in the Orlando metropolitan area — and does not hold federal prime contracts; all federal activity flows through direct grant awards or sub-grants from state and university prime grantees.

Metroplan Orlando's federal footprint centers on transportation safety planning, project prioritization methodologies, and regional mobility optimization. As a prime grant recipient from the Federal Highway Administration, Metroplan Orlando holds three direct awards totaling $4.12 million: a $2.12 million Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant (CFDA 20.939) awarded January 15, 2026, for comprehensive safety planning services including data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and development of safety action plans covering hazardous roadway locations and infrastructure recommendations for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists across the three-county region; a $2.0 million Prioritization Process Pilot Program award (CFDA 20.262) granted March 12, 2026, for development and implementation of an enhanced transportation project prioritization process focused on tactical Transportation System Management & Operations (TSM&O) projects and strategies, scheduled for completion by May 1, 2028; and a prior SS4A action plan grant from May 31, 2023, completing August 1, 2025. As a sub-recipient, Metroplan Orlando receives sub-grants from the State of Florida Department of Transportation under the FY 2024/2025 and FY 2022/2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) awards, supporting ongoing regional transportation planning activities, with multiple sub-awards issued June through April 2024–2026. Metroplan Orlando also holds a sub-award from the University of South Florida under a Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy grant for the Visual-Enhanced Cooperative Traffic Operations (VECTOR) system.

The Federal Highway Administration accounts for ten of twelve awards in the recent footprint; the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary Transportation and the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy each represent one award. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Metroplan Orlando's capability portfolio spans safety data analysis, regional transportation planning, project prioritization frameworks integrating equity and climate sustainability objectives, and tactical systems management and operations optimization for multi-county metropolitan areas.