Transportation planning studies
Transportation studies are designed to:
- Guide future investments to the state trunk highway system within Metro District’s eight-county metropolitan area
- Identify transportation system and service deficiencies and conceptual solutions needed to address desired performance levels (including, but not limited to, infrastructure or operational improvements)
Studies can be conducted at the statewide, regional, corridor, or project level – and may result in concepts that need further scoping and design to develop into construction projects ready for delivery. This early project definition affects later development elements such as programming and project development for consideration in the Metro District Capital Highway Investment Plan (CHIP).
MnDOT planning documents
- Congestion Management Safety Plan - Phase 4: Executive Summary - August 2018 (PDF)
- CMSP - Phase 4 Technical Memos (PDFs):
- Freeway System Interchange Study
- The Metropolitan Council is partnering with MnDOT to conduct a study of about 50 locations where at least two freeways meet. The interchanges selected in this study will be considered for inclusion in the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan.
- Family of Plans
- 2017 Statewide Multimodal and Highway Investment Plans Update
- 10-Year Capital Highway Investment Plan (CHIP) (PDF)
- 20-Year Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan 2014-2033 (MnSHIP)
- Transportation Asset Management Plan
- I-494/Hwy 62 Congestion Relief Study
- Hwy 169 Mobility Study