Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2011

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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 4. Transportation April 2008 The Metropolitan Council's Transportation Po /icy Plan addresses the need to provide services for a growing population that demands more transportation options. To develop regional forecasts and plan for regional roads and highways, the Metropolitan Council needs to know the demographic forecasts for smaller geographic areas known as Traffic Analysis Zones. The transportation plan must include the municipality's allocation of the Metropolitan Council's 2030 population, household and employment forecasts. These must be allocated, in turn, to each of the Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) to reflect planned land use. Traffic Analysis Zone information and related demographic data based on the 2000 Census are available to use in preparing the municipality's estimates of future traffic volumes. The allocation may be displayed in either map or table format. The Metropolitan Council allocates an appropriate portion of forecasted regional growth to each municipality, but the distribution of that growth within the municipality depends on local land use decisions. The intensity and extent of existing and planned development impacts how jobs and households are distributed in the municipality. That distribution determines traffic flow. The local transportation plan must • map the road and highway system • assign forecasted growth to Traffic Analysis Zones • relate the transportation system to land use • address capacity and safety issues Transportation problems and opportunities resulting from land use decisions need to be identified. http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan ninq /transportation /T P P/2 004 /T PPAppendixK.pdf#paqe =12 http://www.datafinder.orq/metad ata /taz 2000 model.htm See TAZ template: http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan ninq /LPH /forms.htm http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan ninq /framework/FrameworkAppe ndixA.pdf 4 -3