Transportation Policy Plan

2050 Transportation Policy Plan

The files linked below reflect the Imagine 2050 policy and guidance to be approved by the Metropolitan Council on Feb. 12, 2025. A final, downloadable version, with illustrations and maps, will be available by the end of September. Copy and clarity edits may be made to these versions during that time.

View the 2050 Transportation Policy Plan, the other system plans that comprise Imagine 2050, and the public comment reports for each plan. 

Proposed Amendment #1

Provide comment by Aug. 27, public hearing is Aug. 13

The Metropolitan Council is taking public comments on amending the 2050 Transportation Policy Plan in the Imagine 2050 Regional Development Guide to update and add two significant regional transitway projects - the current route for the METRO Blue Line Extension project and the future METRO Gold Line Extension project.

Learn more about the amendment.
Learn about the public hearing and ways to comment.

2050 Transportation Policy Plan interactive map

This map shows regionally-significant transportation projects with reasonably available funding. The map also displays common datasets used for transportation planning in the Twin Cities region.

Stakeholder engagement

The policy plan team will be engaging in a variety of ways with regional stakeholders from residents of the region and advocacy organizations, to technical partners and government leaders throughout the creation of the plan. Learn more about our public engagement plan.

Read the 2050 Transportation Policy Plan stakeholder engagement summary 

Contributing studies

From the last policy plan update until the 2050 plan is published, the transportation planning team leads a series of studies and plans that provide research, data, and emerging trends that help shape the direction of the TPP. 

• Read more about contributing studies in the Unified Planning Work Program. 
• View current and past studies through the Transportation Studies and Report page.

Work groups

The 2050 TPP was developed with technical and policy feedback from two special work groups:

• The 2050 TPP Technical Working Group was a forum for transportation and planning professionals to provide detailed technical feedback on the 2050 TPP content, development process, and contributing studies.

• The 2050 TPP Advisory Work Group served to review plan development, its relation to the 2050 regional development guide, and provide guidance to Met Council staff on policy issues. The Advisory Work Group includes members of the Met Council, Transportation Advisory Board, and other agency decision makers.