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Overview
Ames Connect 2050 is the latest iteration of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). Ames Connect 2050 is being developed from both public input and data analyses. Ames Connect 2050 is key in how the Ames area plans for the future of transportation in the region. AAMPO and its partners plan for long-term investments to support the safe and efficient movement of all users: vehicles, bikes, transit riders, pedestrians and more.
What is an MTP?
An MTP acts as the framework that guides the AAMPO on transportation investments and policy decisions over the next 25 years. This is done partially though community input, so we need your thoughts to make this plan work!
During the first phase of the Ames Connect 2050, the public shared the priorities they wanted included in the plan. They also shared strengths and improvement opportunities for Ames’ transportation system. Based on that feedback, as well as studies and technical analyses of the Ames area, AAMPO has identified five goals areas and associated objectives. Now, AAMPO is asking the community to review the draft plan and provide final comments.
Goals & Objectives
There are five goal areas each with multiple objectives to accomplish the goal. The draft goal areas are accessibility and connectivity, safety, sustainability, efficiency and reliability, and placemaking/quality of life.
The ease of connecting people in all modes of transportation to goods and services in the Ames area.
- Improve walking, biking, and transit connections
- Promote land-use policies that support multimodal connectivity
- Design streets to accommodate all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, and motorists
- Incorporate accessible design standards to serve individuals with disabilities or mobility challenges
- Incorporate bicycle, pedestrian, and transit-friendly infrastructure in new developments
- Provide reliable access to jobs, healthcare, education, and retail services to all members of the community
- Provided balanced transportation funding across neighborhoods, particularly historically underfunded or underserved neighborhoods
Reduce the risk of travel to users of Ames transportation systems.
- Reduce fatal and serious injury crashes
- Reduce the number of crashes involving vulnerable road users
- Implement a safe system approach to design, operate, and incident management
- Work towards eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries on streets
- Focus safety investments on the High Priority Network
Reducing or eliminating negative environmental impacts from the Ames transportation system and promoting financially sustainable investments.
- Promote low-carbon transportation options
- Reduce transportation impacts to natural resources
- Reduce the number of single-occupant vehicle trips
- Build transportation infrastructure to be more resilient to natural and human-made events
- Promote financially sustainable transportation system investments
- Maintain NHS routes in good condition while minimizing routes in poor condition
- Maintain NHS bridges in good condition while minimizing bridges in poor condition
Provide for the efficient and reliable movement of people, service, and goods.
- Limit the level of congestion on high-volume arterials and Interstates
- Maintain acceptable travel reliability on Interstate and principal arterial roadways
- Maintain the current high level of transit services
- Prioritize freight corridors to minimize delays in goods movement
- Increase the regional share of trips made by walking, biking, and transit
- Identify technology solutions to enhance system operation
Integrating the transportation system with land use to create well-designed places and complete communities.
- Design transportation projects that preserve and complement the unique identity of neighborhoods
- Provide transportation strategies and infrastructure that support current adopted plans
- Develop infrastructure that supports affordable housing
- Increase the percentage of population and employment within close proximity to transit and/or walking and biking system
Potential Projects
The alternatives included in Ames Connect 2050 were informed by public input received through several engagement activities, as well as past plans and studies completed for AAMPO.
To learn more about the projects and locations refer to the draft plan, chapter 8. To get more information on the fiscally-constrained projects and what projects are being planned review the Fiscally-Constrained Plan Background Document.
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