News & Happenings
June 7 - Technical Committee meeting
June 21 - Coordinating Committee meeting
All HATS meetings are held at 9 a.m. in the CAT Board Room, 2nd Floor, 901 N Cameron Street, Harrisburg
What is HATS?
The Harrisburg Area Transportation Study (HATS) was created in response to the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962, which mandated regional transportation planning as a condition for receiving federal funds for transportation projects. More importantly, the transportation planning was required to be supported through a continuing, comprehensive, coordinated (3C) process – a tenet which still holds true today. HATS is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), an organization of federal, state, and local agencies, and officials from Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties, the City of Harrisburg, and Capital Area Transit, held accountable to implement the 3C process.
HATS serves 103 municipalities covering almost 1,700 square miles in south central
HATS Committees
HATS is comprised of two committees: the Coordinating Committee and the Technical Committee. The Technical Committee oversees analyses and preparation of plans and studies, reviews transportation items brought before HATS to consider, and makes recommendations to the Coordinating Committee. The Coordinating Committee is the policy body, which formally takes action based on Technical Committee input, and adopts transportation plans and improvement programs. A Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary lead the Technical and Coordinating Committees, each designated by election from the voting membership to one-year terms. Voting representation on the HATS Committees is as follows:
Coordinating Committee
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Technical Committee*
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Entity/Agency
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Number of Votes
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Entity/Agency
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Number of Votes
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PennDOT
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2
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PennDOT
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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Capital Area Transit
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1
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Capital Area Transit
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1
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*The HATS Coordinating Committee signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the York Area MPO (YAMPO) on June 27, 2003, which established that the planning and programming activities for the Harrisburg Urbanized Area within
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), and Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (PA DCED) are ex-officio members of both the Technical Committee and Coordinating Committee as well. This allows HATS to incorporate the expertise availed by these providers and agencies in its multi-modal decisions.
