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<br />53 <br /> <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />Introduction <br />Little Canada’s transportation network has been designed to serve an ever-growing community <br />and to provide a multitude of mode options for every member of the community. Looking ahead <br />to the city’s future, a clear plan for how the existing transportation system will need to grow and <br />adapt will allow for better planning in regard to land use, housing, economic development, and <br />more. <br />Little Canada is located within the Metropolitan Council’s Transit Market Area III, which defines <br />an area of moderate overall density, and thereby able to support transit service, but without a <br />unified street grid, which limits effectiveness of fixed-route transit. Transit Market III areas are <br />generally found in urban edge and suburban communities, and often have express or limited -stop <br />bus lines, with some local bus routes to supplement. <br />Transportation Analysis Zones <br />Little Canada falls within a number of different Transportation Analysis Zones (TAZs), which are <br />used for the purposes of projecting and understanding traffic volumes along roadways in a region. <br />Forecasts for population, households, and employment are developed for the purposes of long- <br />term transportation planning. The TAZs which incorporate a portion of Little Canada are detailed <br />below, and the TAZ boundaries are shown on the transportation plan map. Note that these forecasts <br />also include portions of other communities, and do not reflect population, household, and <br />employment counts for the city of Little Canada. <br /> <br />