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What is the MIC?
MIC Logo Image The MIC, as a designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), provides guidance and leadership on transportation and land use planning issues in the Duluth-Superior metropolitan planning area. A key goal is to focus the area’s limited transportation funding on projects that yield the greatest benefit and integrate with the existing transportation system. To this end, the MIC conducts studies, develops plans, models the transportation system, and programs projects for federal funding in the metropolitan area.

The MIC was created in 1975 under a joint agreement between the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) in Duluth, Minnesota and the Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NWRPC) in Spooner, Wisconsin.

What We Do
The MIC, is required by federal law to (1) produce a 20-year Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) to address projects, programs and policies for a twenty-year timeframe; (2) develop a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for highway, transit, and non-motorized improvements (bike, pedestrian, historic etc.) which receive federal funding for a four-year timeframe; and (3) adopt a comprehensive Unified Planning Work Program that determines the MPO’s transportation planning activities and budget for a two-year period.

In July 2004, the MIC’s name was changed from “Committee” to “Council” to better describe the MIC’s collaborative function and planning authority, while maintaining the familiar “MIC” acronym. In addition to the name change, MIC bylaws were modified in 2004 to emphasize infrastructure and land use planning initiatives, of which the Duluth Urbanized Area Growth Impact Study is an example.
Who We Are
MIC staff is comprised of professional planners, GIS, administrative and support personnel who conduct plans and studies pertaining to all modes of transportation in the Twin Ports area. The MIC Policy Board provides oversight of the MIC's planning endeavors and includes elected officials and citizen representatives from all jurisdictions within the MIC planning area. Two advisory committees, the Transportation Advisory Committee, or TAC, and the Harbor Technical Advisory Committee, or HTAC, meet regularly to provide technical and stakeholder input into the planning processes.

For More Information
Contact MIC Director Ron Chicka by phone at (218) 529-7506 or send a message by email

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Quick Links
Find information about the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council's Policy Board MIC Policy Board
Find information about the Bike-Ped Advisory Committee Advisory Committee - BPAC
Find information about the MIC's Transportation Advisory Committee Advisory Committee - TAC
Find information about the MIC's Harbor Technical Advisory Committee Advisory Committee - HTAC
Bike Map
Find information about the MIC's Long Range Transportation Plan through the year 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan
Find information about selected Geographic Information Systems projects and maps Maps and GIS
View archive of MIC plans and studies Plans and Studies
Public Involvement Plan
Find information about the Duluth Area Transportation Improvement Program TIP - Duluth Area
TIP - Superior Area
Find information about the MIC's transit planning initiatives Transit Planning
View the MIC's current Work Program & Budget for 2007-2008 Work Program & Budget

Meeting Information
Click here to view current MIC meeting materials.

Click here to view calendar of all upcoming committee meetings.

MIC Staff
Click here for list of MIC staff members, their current projects and email contact information.


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We Need Your Input!
We are seeking public review and comment on the following planning initiatives:

DRAFT 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Superior Metro Area

Featured Planning Project
Long Range Transportation Plan - Directions 2035

Current Planning Initiatives
Click on a project link, below, for information about current MIC planning efforts:

Bike-Ped Advisory Committee (BPAC)

2011-2014 Duluth Urbanized Area TIP

Recent Plans and Studies
Click on a project link, below, for information about recent MIC plans and studies:

UMD-CSS Transportation Study

East 2nd Street Access Management Plan (Superior)

DTA Route Analysis for the City of Superior

Downtown Modal Connections Study

Proctor Comprehensive Plan Update 2008

Endion Land Use and Transportation Study

Safe Routes To School Funding Applications

Northwest Superior Traffic Circulation Plan

Proctor Master Trail Plan

Transportation Systems Management (TSM)

Munger Trail to Lakewalk Connector


Erie Pier Management Plan

Duluth Heights Traffic Circulation Plan

MnDOT Functional Classification Update

Public Involvement Plan

Rice Lake Road Corridor & Traffic Impact Study

Duluth and Superior Safe Routes to School Plans

Duluth Urban Area Growth Impact Study

Human Services Coordinated Transit Plan

Study Shows Arrowhead Region Rich in Transportation Assets
A recent study released by the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), Arrowhead Region's Transportation Assets: A Case Study of the Twin Ports Region of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, highlights the assets and opportunities related to multi-modal transportation systems in the Twin Ports area of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.