Overview

Goal: The Twin Cities will have safe, economic, energy-efficient alternatives to move people and goods throughout the region.

Transportation is the lifeblood of a region -- it gets people to jobs, services and activities; children to school; and allows businesses to transport goods. For a region to successfully grow, it needs a comprehensive and coordinated transportation system that includes a variety of alternatives that address concerns over traffic congestion, safety, air quality and the high-price of gas.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

The annual rate of traffic injuries and deaths has continually decreased over the last seven years. Yet, more than 19,000 people were seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2006. We are tracking bridge ratings as one indicator of the health of our infrastructure and, despite the I-35W bridge tragedy in August 2007, the percentage of bridges with problematic ratings has gone down somewhat over the past six years.

MAKING CONNECTIONS

In order to thrive, people living throughout the Twin Cities area need to be able to get from their homes to their jobs, and their children to child care and school.

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2008 Metropolitan survey

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