Transportation & Infrastructure

Across the U.S., RDOs work with state and local governments and other partners to plan, seek funding, and implement projects related to transportation and infrastructure.  

In over 30 states, RDOs collaborate with their state departments of transportation to conduct outreach to local governments about transportation priorities and to assist with statewide and rural planning. Many RDOs also serve as metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that complete short- and long-range plans in urbanized areas. 

RDOs may also assist with broadband planning, seeking funding, and deployment; rural water and wastewater issues; and energy, such as helping local partners to plan and implement renewable energy projects.  

In the resources below, you’ll find publications and materials related to rural and regional transportation, broadband, water and wastewater, energy, and other infrastructure. The NADO RF developed many of these materials with funding support from the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and other partners. Some materials are also shared here from other organizations whose work may be beneficial to RDOs and their stakeholders.

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Joe McKinney serves as Executive Director of the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO). Headquartered in Washington DC, NADO provides advocacy, education, research, and training for the nation’s 500+ regional planning and development organizations.

Joe has thirty-one years of experience having served in city, county, regional, national association, and government management since 1991. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a candidate for a master’s degree in Public Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill.

McKinney has provided congressional testimony on numerous occasions regarding the importance of regional development organizations in helping shape the nation’s economic growth. He is nationally recognized for promoting innovative solutions in areas such as planning and economic development, workforce development, transportation and transit, and aging services.

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