Metropolitan Transportation Plan

The BMPO’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) is a long‑range blueprint—looking 20 years into the future—outlining an overall vision for developing, operating, and maintaining the transportation system for the BMPO area.  Federal law requires MPOs to develop and regularly update their MTP so that transportation spending is coordinated, fiscally responsible, and aligned with regional goals. The plan includes a list of planned projects and programs across roads, transit, biking, walking, and freight, along with analyses of future growth and funding forecasts. The BMPO MTP is developed through a collaborative, data‑informed process that brings together the City of Bend, Deschutes County, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Cascades East Transit (CET), other agencies, organizations, and the public to identify priorities and shape the region’s preferred future. The BMPO MTP is updated every 5-years.

Coordination with the City of Bend Transportation System Plan (TSP)

The City of Bend and the BMPO have largely concurrent boundaries and share many transportation planning challenges. State law emphasizes that the city and the MPO coordinate on their transportation plans, and planning work for both agencies will be simplified if the same public outreach process is used. In 2019, the City of Bend and the BMPO used a joint process to update both the City’s TSP and the BMPO’s MTP. A similar process may be possible during the next TSP and MTP update process expected to begin in 2028.

Previous MTP Documents

2040 Bend MTP (adopted 2019, full plan)

2040 Bend MTP (adopted 2014, full plan 333 pages 18MB) or view the individual chapters and appendices below.