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Connections 2030 - Plan description

Connections 2030 will be the statewide long-range transportation plan through the year 2030. The plan will address all forms of transportation: highways, local roads, air, water, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit – and ways to make the individual modes work better as an integrated transportation system.

Connections 2030 will differ from WisDOT's previous planning efforts. Beginning with the release of Translinks 21 in the mid 1990s, the department has prepared a series of needs-based plans for various transportation modes.

Connections 2030 will be a policy-based plan. The policies will be tied to “tiers” of potential financing levels. One set of policy recommendations will focus on priorities that can be accomplished under current funding levels. Another will identify policy priorities that can be achieved if funding levels increase. Finally, WisDOT may also identify critical priorities that we must maintain if funding were to decrease over the planning horizon of the plan.

While the final plan will include statewide policy recommendations, some of these recommendations may differ by specific corridors in the state. 

In addition to policies related to each transportation mode, Connections 2030 will also include recommendations on cross-cutting issues such as economic development, land use, transportation finance and the environment.

The department's goal is to provide a plan that can aid policy-makers in future transportation decisions. Connection 2030 will be the statewide blueprint for the future.

Questions about the content of this page:
Bureau of Planning, Connections2030@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: November 29, 2007