The 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the Triangle — led by the NC Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)— is a coordinated, long term effort to improve transportation options and access across our region.
The plan involves stakeholders from Raleigh + the Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro MPO, and includes visions for roadways, rail connections, public bus transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects. 🚄
Here are the goals → and objectives:
- Protect the human and natural environment and minimize climate change → by reducing mobile source emissions and energy consumption, and by reducing negative impacts.
- Connect people to jobs, education, and other important destinations → by ensuring transportation needs are met through various modes, as well as for all groups and populations.
- Promote and expand multimodal transport and affordable choices → by enhancing existing services and facilities, improving bicycle and pedestrian amenities, and increasing utilization of non-auto transit modes.
- Manage congestion and system reliability between distinct regions → by promoting carpool and park-and-ride programming, enhancing intelligent transportation systems such as ramp metering and dynamic signaling.
- Improve infrastructure conditions and resilience → by maintaining fleets and roads, improving bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and promoting resilient planning practices.
- Ensure equity in participation → by making investments that do not create a disproportionate burden on any single community, plus promoting and enhancing public participation among all communities.
- Increase safety of travelers and residents → by promoting public health through transportation choices (e.g. carpools and rideshares).
- Stimulate the region’s economic vitality → by improving freight movements and linking land use with transportation options, as well as targeting funding to the most beneficial and cost-effective solutions.
The continued development of the plan will take approximately 18 months to complete, and the MTO is seeking public input on a variety of topics in order to inform finalized proposals.
This survey will help community leaders better understand local residents’ priorities for critical transportation issues, policy goals, and the types of projects you would like to see in future. Click the button below to share your feedback and help connect our region.
