MORPC's CapitalWays Regional Transportation Plan

The CapitalWays Transportation Plan is a forward-looking plan, anticipating the needs of Central Ohio through the year 2030. Predicting how busy roads will likely be, how much people will travel, and where people will be going, a Regional Transportation Plan pinpoints where we will need new roads, repairs to old roads, expanded transit service, and more bikeways.

The CapitalWays Plan entails many components: safety, freight, roads, bikeways, pedestrian services, public transit, transportation maintenance, transportation security, the Intelligent Transportation System (which includes computerized message boards), analysis for air quality, and the forecasting of future land use.

MORPC develops its regional transportation plan over the course of four years. First, transportation planners analyze land use and development data and establish the region’s future situation in terms of the numbers and locations of people and jobs. Then, they work with local governments, transit agencies, state agencies, and members of the private sector that have a role in transportation to identify viable transportation projects. Finally, they devise strategies to meet the transportation needs of the people studied in the original analysis.

The Final Report adopted by the Policy Committee on May 8 is now available below:

CapitalWays Transportation Plan

Map of projects

List of projects

Air Quality Appendix

Environmental Justice Appendix

Environmental Mitigation Appendix

Future Land Scenario Appendix

Public Participation Appendix (coming soon)

The following is a report on all of the candidate projects considered for inclusion in the CapitalWays Transportation Plan:

Project Evaluation Report

Appendix A: Project Evaluation Maps

Appendix B: Detailed Project Evaluation Information

Appendix C: Project Listing by Score

Appendix D: Non-evaluated projects included in CapitalWays Transportation Plan