Mobility 2035: The Metropolitan Transportation Plan for North Central Texas is the defining vision for the region’s multimodal transportation system. Approved by the Regional Transportation Council in March 2011, it identifies $101.1 billion in transportation improvements through 2035.
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These improvements seek to reduce congestion and improve air quality, which is important because the region has been designated as a nonattainment area for the pollutant ozone. |
Federal regulations require metropolitan transportation plans to be financially constrained. This means Mobility 2035 is not a wish list of improvements but instead an inventory of affordable projects and programs. To meet financial constraint, Mobility 2035 defers nearly $45 billion in improvements until after 2035.
Never before has the region experienced such a significant gap between regional mobility needs – which are estimated to be $395.3 billion through 2035 – and funding for the improvements. This has ushered in a new era in the way the region plans for and implements transportation enhancements.
Mobility 2035 focuses on maximizing the existing transportation system, influencing travel behaviors and making strategic infrastructure investments. The adoption of Mobility 2035 allows crucial programs and projects that seek to meet the region’s transportation goals to move forward toward implementation.
Mobility 2035 is the product of a comprehensive, cooperative and continuous planning effort. The plan seeks to increase mobility, manage congestion and air quality, and enhance quality of life for the region’s residents for years to come as population edges toward a projected 10 million. A federal air quality conformity determination of Mobility 2035 is expected this summer. 
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