B/CS Metropolitan Planning Organization
The Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization is the regional transportation planning body for Brazos County. MPOs are federally required in urbanized areas over 50,000 population where federal transportation funds are spent. The BCSMPO coordinates long-range transportation planning among Brazos County, Bryan, College Station, Texas A&M University, TxDOT and Brazos Transit District.
The Policy Board is the MPO's decision-making body. The current official board page lists representatives of College Station, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas A&M, TxDOT and Brazos Transit District. The MPO also has a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) made up largely of transportation professionals from those same entities. The TAC develops/reviews technical recommendations; the Policy Board makes the policy decisions.
Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP): the long-range, fiscally constrained transportation plan. The current plan is Mobility 2050, adopted in December 2024.
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): the shorter-range program showing transportation projects for which funding is expected to be available. The MPO says it is updated every two years.
Major Thoroughfare Concept: The map below is an important tool for understanding long-range roadway planning in Brazos County. It identifies the long-range roadway network and conceptual locations for future major roads. Importantly, the MPO says the dashed conceptual alignments are not “set in stone” and historically could move as much as a mile. The MPO also says local governments can use the map when development occurs to request right-of-way dedication.
Click the map above for a full view.
The BCSMPO's Major Thoroughfare Concept continues to show conceptual future roadways throughout Brazos County, including corridors that were part of the Inner and Outer Loop discussions. The MPO is now beginning the process of revisiting that map as Bryan and College Station update their own long-range plans. Because these maps can influence future transportation planning and development decisions, public participation during the update process is important.
The MPO's own history of the Major Thoroughfare Concept provides important context on the origins of both the Inner and Outer Loops. Read that history here. The Policy Board meetings are public, and the MPO expressly encourages the public to attend. Agendas may be seen here.