Minnesota Statewide Transportation Plan: Moving People and Freight from 2003 to 2023

The plan establishes the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (Mn/DOT's) framework for making transportation investment decisions. The policies and performance measures established in this plan create a vision for a transportation future that will meet Minnesotan's expectations for a transportation system that helps Minnesotans to travel safer, smarter, and more efficiently.

This Minnesota Statewide Transportation Plan:
• Strengthens one of the first performance-based state transportation plans in the nation, setting performance targets for each policy to ensure that investments are achieving specific outcomes for Minnesota's citizens and businesses.
• Establishes a cost-effectiveness framework for evaluating Mn/DOT's major investment decisions to ensure that resources are managed in ways that provide the best-value for taxpayers' dollars.
• Affirms the focus of Mn/DOT's strategic directions to "Safeguard what exists," "Make the transportation network operate better," and "Make Mn/DOT work better."
• Provides performance objectives and long-range planning direction for integrated transportation systems for highways; transit; roadway, waterway, and rail freight; aeronautics; and for bicycle, pedestrian, and other non-motorized travel choices.