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Key Changes from the 2040 TPP <br />The MAC completed an update to the Long -Term Comprehensive Plan (LTCP) for the <br />Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport in 2024. This update moves the planning <br />horizon to 2040 with new operation forecasts, anticipated noise impacts, and capital <br />project needs. <br />The Aviation System Plan now identifies all facilities beyond regional airports with <br />aviation activity. These facilities may be incorporated into and considered in local <br />planning. Aviation appendix items of the TPP are now included as a single support <br />document titled Aviation Supporting Information. <br />Regional Bicycle System <br />The regional bicycle system is identified through the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network <br />(RBTN). It is made up of alignments and corridors. Corridors are shown where more specific <br />alignments within those corridors have not yet been designated. The process used to develop <br />the RBTN, the general principles and analysis factors used in its development, and studies <br />done to analyze and update the network can be found in the Bicycle Investment Plan. The <br />RBTN was established in the 2040 TPP to achieve the following goals: <br />Establish an integrated and seamless network of on -street bikeways and off -road trails. <br />Provide the vision for a "backbone" arterial network to serve daily bicycle trips by <br />connecting regional destinations and local bicycle networks. <br />Encourage cities, counties, park agencies, and the state to plan and implement future <br />bikeways in support of the network vision. <br />The RBTN also incorporates regional bicycle barriers which are established in the TPP as the <br />region's most significant physical barriers to everyday bicycle travel. These barriers include <br />freeways and expressways, railroad corridors, and secondary rivers and streams. They were <br />developed and analyzed through the Regional Bicycle Barrier Study. The barriers are included <br />on the Regional Bicycle Barriers Map. <br />Key Changes from 2040 TPP <br />The RBTN has been refined and expanded since it was first implemented in the 2040 <br />TPP. Requests from local governments to add and revise RBTN corridors and <br />alignments prompted the Regional Bicycle Guidelines and Measures Study, which <br />developed specific measures to review updates and requests from local agencies. <br />The RBTN undergoes a formal update of alignments and corridors about every two <br />years. The next formal update will take place in 2025 prior to the 2026 Regional <br />Solicitation. <br />Regional Freight System <br />The regional freight system includes interconnecting transportation modes, some of which are <br />unique to freight, and some which overlap with passenger travel modes. There are five distinct <br />modes of freight transportation: highway trucks, railroads, river barges, air freight, and <br />pipelines. Combined with intermodal or warehouse/distribution terminals and supporting <br />2025 SYSTEM STATEMENT TRANSPORTATION 10 13 <br />