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AMATS Approves New 4-Year Transportation Program and Long-Range Plan

The Greater Akron area has a new four-year Transportation Improvement Program and a new long-range regional transportation plan, Transportation Outlook 2035.

Transportation

Barberton, Bath and Copley townships land Connecting Communities Planning Grants

The city of Barberton and the townships of Bath and Copley are the 2013 recipients of two $50,000 planning grants from the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS).

Transportation

May 9 Federal Certification Meeting scheduled

The FHWA and FTA are providing an opportunity for you to express your views on the transportation planning process in the Greater Akron area.

Transportation

Grab your thinking caps and bike gear for AMATS' Kent Bike-N-Brainstorm April 20

AMATS will host its first Bike-N-Brainstorm ride for 2013 in Kent on Saturday, April 20.

Transportation

Draft Transportation Outlook 2035 and Transportation Improvement Program available for public comment

AMATS invites you to participate in the development of Transportation Outlook 2035 and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Fiscal Years 2014 through 2017.

Government

2013 begins with new AMATS leadership

The Policy Committee of the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS), the Greater Akron area's metropolitan planning organization, will have new leadership in 2013.

Government

Report Finds Area's Traffic Congestion is Declining, But So is Project Funding

AMATS' 2012 Congestion Management Process Report finds that traffic congestion in the Greater Akron area is declining.

Transportation

Number of Crashes in Greater Akron Area Still Low, But Leveling

The downward trend in the number of crashes in the Greater Akron area over the last several years is leveling off, according to the latest analysis spanning 2009 through 2011 compiled by AMATS.

Transportation

Kent – Bringing It All Together

Many pieces of a unique puzzle are coming together in downtown Kent. Once they are assembled, they’ll make a complete picture of what could be ahead for the Greater Akron area's downtowns.

Transportation

AMATS Going Public with the Public Participation Plan

Starting July 11, the new AMATS Public Participation Plan will be available for public review and comment for 45 days. The draft plan details the agency’s community outreach strategies.

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