The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC), is one of 21 Planning District Commissions in the Commonwealth of Virginia, it is a regional organization representing the area's sixteen local governments.

Planning District Commissions are voluntary associations and were created in 1969 pursuant to the Virginia Area Development Act and a regionally executed Charter Agreement. The HRPDC was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission and the Peninsula Planning District Commission.

The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), a federally mandated policy body for transportation planning, for the Hampton Roads area. It is responsible for planning and programming for the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA).