Key Transportation Planning Documents

The links on this page constitute critical transportation-related planning documents that are required by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Met Council and its partners develop and maintain these key documents. These include:

• Imagine 2050
• Transportation Policy Plan (TPP)
• Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
• Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
• Imagine 2050 Community-Centered Engagement Framework
  • Community-Centered Engagement Commitments
  • Transportation Addendum to the Public Engagement Plan
• 2024 Transportation Management Area Certification Review (PDF)
• 2018 Memorandum of Understanding between Minnesota Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Council (PDF)
• Met Council Title VI program

We also provide input to MnDOT's Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan and the Metropolitan District 20-Year Highway Investment Plan.

Planning process, roles and responsibilities

See the Transportation Planning and Programming Guide (PDF) for details on the transportation planning process, roles and responsibilities.

Additional transportation and transit plans, studies, and reports

We develop numerous studies, plans, and reports that inform the key documents and support transportation planning activities:

• Transportation studies and reports
• All transportation publications and resources