Linking 2050 MTP Goals to National Goals
MTP Goal #1
Goal:
Improve Safety and Security throughout the MTPO Area Transportation System
MTP Objectives:
- Objective: Reduce rates of crashes with serious injuries and fatalities
Objective: Reduce secondary traffic accidents
Objective: Establish initiatives (projects and programs) to improve the safety and security of vulnerable roadway users (e.g., pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and the young and old)
- Objective: Encourage partnerships with other transportation and non-transportation agencies to enhance transportation safety and security
Objective: Increase the transportation systemâs resilience to climate change and extreme weather
Federal Planning Factor:
Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users.
National Goal:
Safety – Achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads.
MTP Goal #2
Goal:
Mitigate Traffic Congestion along Major Routes of the MTPO Area
MTP Objectives:
- Objective: Reduce travel delays between major areas of attractions in the MTPO study area
Objective: Seek cost-effective management solutions and new technologies as a means of addressing congestion, reducing transportation delay, improving travel time reliability, and improving system operations
Objective: Increase transit and other transportation demand management strategies
- Objective: Enhance the flow of raw materials and manufactured products
Federal Planning Factor:
Increase accessibility and mobility of people and freight.
Promote efficient system management and operation.
National Goal:
Congestion reduction – Achieve a significant reduction in congestion on the National Highway System.
System reliability – Improve the efficiency of the surface transportation system.
MTP Goal #3
Goal:
Promote Sustainable Economic Growth and Livability by Enhancing the MTPO Area Transportation System
MTP Objectives:
- Objective: Maintain what we have â take a âstate of good repairâ approach to our communityâs transportation assets
Objective: Invest in the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight, to support sustainable economic development and improve quality of life
Objective: Promote alternative forms of transportation (such as walking, biking, and transit)
- Objective: Support transportation investments which minimize adverse impacts of surface transportation to historical, social, cultural, and natural environments, including stormwater impacts, and reduce transportation impacts on air-quality
Federal Planning Factor:
Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.
Improve the resiliency of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation.
Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns.
National Goal:
Infrastructure condition – Maintain the highway infrastructure asset system in a state of good repair.
Environmental sustainability – Enhance the performance of the transportation system while protecting and enhancing the natural environment.
MTP Goal #4
Goal:
Enhance Regional Access to and from the MTPO Area
MTP Objectives:
- Objective: Maintain and improve access to regional areas outside of the MTPO study area
Objective: Support transportation investments and policies that work to create jobs and improve access to people, tourism, places, and goods while embracing access management and corridor management strategies that preserve the long-term functionality of a roadwayâs capacity and safety
Objective: Strategically target transportation investments to areas supportive of and conducive to growth and redevelopment initiatives
Federal Planning Factor:
Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight.
Enhance travel and tourism
Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency.
National Goal:
Freight movement and economic vitality – Improve the national freight network, strengthen the ability of rural communities to access national and international trade markets, and support regional economic development.
Reduced project delivery delays – Reduce project costs, promote jobs and the economy, and expedite the movement of people and goods by accelerating project completion through eliminating delays in the project development and delivery process, including reducing regulatory burdens and improving agencies’ work practices.