Multi-Modal Transportation Master Plan

The Multi-Modal Transportation Master Plan (MTMP) is a long-range strategic plan for the entirety of Midland that identifies transportation infrastructure requirements to address existing challenges and support growth, along with policies to guide transportation and land use decisions. MTMPs are integrated with environmental planning and sustainability principles and provide the framework and “blueprint” for implementing coordinated improvements on an area-wide or town-wide basis. A MTMP avoids the pitfalls of piece-meal planning and “band-aid” solutions and provides a vision for the Town to strive for.

This plan also provides the unique opportunity for proactive thinking, anticipating community needs, and preparing for emerging trends in transportation solutions. The Town of Midland outlined general requirements for the MTMP including the following components:

• Identify future transportation needs and opportunities over the short-term (1-5 years), medium-term (5-10 years), and long-term (10-20 years);
• To provide connectivity between transportation modes to move people and goods sustainably, efficiently, and safely;
• To establish a sustainably integrated multi-modal transportation system that reduces reliance upon any single mode and promotes walking, cycling, transit, and other forms of transportation including snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles; and
• To define policies and long-term strategies that will result in the protection of transportation corridors for all modes of transportation to address current and projected population and employment growth.