Connect 2050
The Connect 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan was adopted by the Capital Area MPO on February 16, 2022 and the Durham-Chapel Hill Carrboro MPO on February 9, 2022. Until Destination 2055 is adopted in late 2025 or early 2026, Connect 2050 will continue to serve as the current Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the region.
This page contains links to the Connect 2050 plan report, as well as other related documents. Connect 2050 remains a living document and may still be amended when necessary – amendments to the plan are also noted below.
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Connect 2050 document by individual chapter:
- Table of Contents and Executive Summary (Chapter 1)
- Chapter 2: What is the Plan?
- Chapter 3: About Our Home
- Chapter 4: Our Vision and How We Will Achieve It
- Chapter 5: How We Developed Our Plan
- Chapter 6: Analyzing Our Choices
- Chapter 7: Our Metropolitan Transportation Plan: What We Intend To Do
- Chapter 8: Our Financial Plan
- Chapter 9: Critical Factors and Emphasis Areas in the Planning Process
- Chapter 10: Post-2050 Vision: Comprehensive Transportation Plan Projects
- Appendix 1: Community Engagement
- Appendix 2: Complete Corridor & Roadway Projects List
- Appendix 3: Transit Projects List
- Appendix 4: Active Transportation Projects
- Appendix 5: Resources on Technologies: Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, Electrification, Telepresence
- Appendix 6: Joint MPO Transportation Policy Priorities
- Appendix 7: Air Quality (MOVES Output)
- Appendix 8: Public Comments on the MTP Draft Plan and Report
- Appendix 9: Acronyms
- Appendix 10: Detailed Transportation and Growth Maps and Measures of Effectiveness
- Appendix 11: Financial Plan and Cost & Revenue Details
- Appendix 12: Environmental Justice Maps and Critical Environmental Resource Maps
- Appendix 13: Federal Transportation Performance Measures