TJPDC Press Release – LRTP Public Comment 4.19.2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 19, 2024
Contact: Christine Jacobs, Executive Director
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
; (434) 979-1597
REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION’S LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MOVING TOWARD 2050
Charlottesville, Virginia, April 19, 2024 – The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (CA-MPO) is pleased to announce the release of an unformatted version of its long-range transportation plan, Moving Toward 2050. All community members and stakeholders are invited to review and comment. The plan outlines the region’s priority transportation improvements over the coming decades. The Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is a fundamental document for our community. It states our region’s collective vision for the future of our transportation system, and it identifies projects that we anticipate our region will implement in the foreseeable future. The LRTP considers all modes of transportation, including private vehicles, public transit, bicycles, pedestrians, and air, and covers other transportation issues such as bridge maintenance and safety improvements. The LRTP must be updated every five years per federal mandate. The preceding version, approved by the MPO Policy Board in May 2019, was named the 2045 Long-Range Transportation Plan (2045 LRTP). The updated plan presented has been named Moving Toward 2050.
For more information on the Toward 2050 planning process and to review the draft plan, visit the project webpage: https://campo.tjpdc.org/process-documents/lrtp/2050-lrtp/
About the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (CA-MPO)
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (CA-MPO) is the forum for cooperative transportation decision-making among Charlottesville, Albemarle, state and federal officials. The MPO considers long-range regional projects and combines public input, technical data, and agency collaboration to develop forward-thinking solutions.
About the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC)
The TJPDC is a regional planning agency that offers a broad range of services in the areas of transportation, community development, housing, economic development, land-use/planning, environmental programming, as well as legislative services. The TJPDC serves the member governments within the Planning District, to include the City of Charlottesville and the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. The TJPDC currently houses the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and coordinates a wide variety of short-range and long-range urban and rural transportation, planning, environment, housing, and community development projects.
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