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Traffic congestion on Highway 10 (Source: Star Tribune) <br />perhaps the <br />From 2009 to 2016, roughly <br />forty percent of Anoka County <br />residents commute to and from <br />work within the county, while <br />sixty percent work outside the <br />county, and a consistent and <br />unchanged trend over this period. <br />Seventy percent of Anoka County <br />residents leave home to go to <br />work between 5am and 9am, <br />with the remaining thirty percent <br />going to work throughout the rest <br />of the day. The ACS data reveals <br />a slight 0.2 percent per year shift <br />away from morning commutes, <br />result of flexible working hours or the effects of e-commerce, but leaving <br />times during the morning commute remain unchanged, with most residents leaving for <br />work between 6:30am and 7:30am. <br />Almost 85 percent of Anoka County workers have access to two or more vehicles in their <br />households, while 14 percent have access to one vehicle and 2 percent no vehicles. <br />Commute times to work are increasing for Anoka County residents 0.7 percent per year, <br />with an average time of 28.2 minutes in 2016. Whether this trend continues or reverses will <br />be determined by if residents choose to live closer to where they work. <br />Technology Trendi <br />Technology advancements and smartphone software are affecting the transportation <br />network today, and will continue to do so into the future. In many ways, the transportation <br />system is already being automated by: <br />Navigation devices and smartphone applications that provide and adjust to real <br />time traffic like Google Maps, TomTom, and Garmin; and <br />Ride -sharing applications like Uber and Lyft. <br />Real-time applications such as Google Maps affect the transportation network today. <br />When congestion occurs on primary routes, users are diverted to alternate routes to avoid <br />the congestion and save travel time. Many of these alternate routes are county and local <br />roadways, and quickly become congested due to the sudden increase in traffic. In the <br />future as the technology develops, roadway authorities such as MnDOT and Anoka County <br />should seek to integrate these real-time private sector applications into the operations of <br />their public facilities, especially traffic signal timings, to better manage their transportation <br />systems. Their use and effect on the system will only increase. <br />ANOKA COUNTY 2040 TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE I CHAPTER4-FORECASTCONDITIONS <br />