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The Long-Range Transportation
Plan (20 year future plan) is a strategy of capital improvement
programming developed to guide the investment of public funds in
transportation facilities. The Plan provides the blueprint from which
the area's short range Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) are
developed. The TIP identifies the highway, transit, bikeway and
pedestrian projects scheduled to be constructed over a four-year time
frame. The long-range plan is updated every five years and may be
amended due to available federal, state and local funding.
The ambition of the Long-Range Transportation Plan is the development of a
intermodal transportation system, one that is efficient, fiscally sound,
environmentally friendly, and which provides the regional infrastructure
to better compete in the global economy.
The ERPC MPO 2030 Long Range Transportation was completed with help from
consultants URS, Inc. Work on the plan began in July 2004 and was
officially adopted by the Policy Committee in August 2005. The developed
plan recognizes these five goals:
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To increase the overall
safety and efficiency of the transportation system |
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To develop a transportation
system that will support and strengthen economic development
initiatives within Erie County |
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To coordinate transportation
facilities and land use in order to promote desirable development
patterns within Erie County |
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To generate a transportation
system which will minimize adverse environmental impacts |
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To create a transportation
system which is fully integrated and which will provide adequate
mobility and mode choice for all persons
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To review or download the 2030
Long Range Transportation Plan,
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