Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

What is a Long Range Transportation Plan?

The 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is a document that describes how Alachua County's multimodal transportation system will evolve over the next 25 years.

A LRTP is a federally required document that outlines the region’s transportation vision, goals, and investment priorities for a 25-year horizon. The 2050 LRTP will serve as a roadmap for transportation investments, focusing on enhancing mobility and safety, and maintaining infrastructure for different modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling, public transit, and automobiles. It sets priorities for transportation infrastructure projects to support future growth and community transportation needs of all users of Alachua County.

The Gainesville Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO) is required by federal law to review and update its transportation plan every five (5) years.

Planning Process

The planning process for the LRTP involves extensive public engagement and collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies. The Gainesville/Alachua County MTPO LRTP contributing agencies include: Florida Department of Transportation, Alachua County, the City of Gainesville, and the University of Florida.

Centered around feedback and comments from the public, the LRTP development process follows six steps:

• Establish vision, goals, objectives and performance measures
• Identify transportation issues and projects
• Assess transportation needs
• Analyze financial costs and prioritize projects
• Develop a draft 2050 Cost Feasible Plan
• Finalize and adopt the LRTP

LRTP Goals & Objectives

Through data collection, public feedback, and collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, seven goals were identified for the 2050 LRTP:

1. Support economic vitality
   • Objective 1: Improve mobility in high growth areas
   • Objective 2: Improve mobility on heavy truck routes
2. Increase safety and security for motorized and non-motorized users
   • Objective 1: Reduce fatal and severe injury crashes
   • Objective 2: Reduce fatal and severe injury crashes involving vulnerable users
   • Objective 3: Maintain mobility on evacuation routes
   • Objective 4: Improve safety for vulnerable users
3. Increase accessibility of people and freight
   • Objective 1: Improve multimodal access to public transit
   • Objective 2: Improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in transportation disadvantaged areas
   • Objective 3: Improve directness of freight hub connection
4. Protect environment*
   • Objective 1: Limit impacts to natural resources like parks and preservation areas
   • Objective 2: Limit impacts to historic and cultural resources
5. Enhance integration and connectivity of transportation systems across different modes
   • Objective 1: Fill gaps in sidewalk network
   • Objective 2: Fill gaps in trail and bike lane network
   • Objective 3: Improve transit service to major activity centers
   • Objective 4: Improve transit service in transportation disadvantaged communities
   • Objective 5: Improve roadway network connectivity
6. Promote efficient system management/operations
   • Objective 1: Increase use of technological and/or operational strategies*
   • Objective 2: Improve travel time reliability
7. Emphasize preservation of the existing transportation system
   • Objective 1: Address pavement in poor condition

*Objectives for project prioritization only

Public Engagement: Get Involved!

We want your feedback!

Public involvement is a critical element of the LRTP development process. Feedback received through our public outreach throughout the process is factored into the final LRTP document. There are a variety of opportunities to participate in public workshops throughout the project:

• Public Workshop 1: Goals, objectives, and transportation issues identification (held March 2025)
• Public Workshop 2: Needs Assessment (May 2025)
• Governing Board Presentation: LRTP Needs Plan Adoption (anticipated in June 2025)
• Public Workshop 3: Cost Feasible Plan (anticipated in July 2025)
• Public Hearing: LRTP Cost Feasible Plan Adoption (anticipated in August 2025)

In addition to these public workshops, public outreach materials are being distributed on the Gainesville/Alachua County MTPO website, on City, County and partner agency social media channels, and through other coordination with partner agencies.