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Section 1 <br />What Is Mobility 2040 <br />Our transportation system has an enormous <br />impact on our way of life, on the air we <br />breathe, on our health, and on the vitality of <br />our communities. Transportation choices <br />influence decisions about where to live, shop, <br />attend school, work, and enjoy leisure. They <br />affect well-being, budgets, and the time we <br />spend with our families. <br />We need to think of transportation as more <br />than a means to move people, goods and <br />information, but also a way to build healthy, <br />opportunity -rich communities for all. Our <br />transportation investments can be a vehicle to <br />promote public health, sustainability, equitable <br />opportunity, and economic vitality. When <br />properly designed and maintained, our <br />transportation system can improve safety, <br />provide opportunities for active lifestyles, <br />improve the natural environment, link people <br />to opportunity, connect people to crucial <br />services and social supports, and stimulate <br />economic development. <br />Transportation System Overview <br />Valued at over $5.4 billion, our system includes 2,200 <br />lane miles of roadways, 651 miles of bikeways, 379 miles <br />of sidewalks, and 147 bridges. It also has 55 miles of rail <br />corridors, two light rail transit lines, one bus rapid transit <br />line, and one commuter rail line. <br />Continued investment will ensure that the existing <br />system is well maintained while also improved to <br />provide for the safe and efficient movement of people, <br />goods, and information throughout the county. <br />Target Field Station in downtown Minneapolis <br />Washington Avenue using a Complete Streets design <br />Lowry Avenue Bridge crossing the Mississippi River <br />1 <br />