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Key Changes from the 2040 TPP The MAC completed an update to the Long-Term Comprehensive Plan (LTCP) for the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport in 2024. This update moves the planning horizon to 2040 with new operation forecasts, anticipated noise impacts and capital project needs. The Aviation System Plan now identifies all facilities where aviation activity may take place in the region beyond regional airports. These facilities may be incorporated into and considered in local planning.Aviation appendix items of the TPP are now included as a single support document titled Aviation Supporting Information. Regional Bicycle System The regional bicycle system is identified through the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (RBTN). The RBTN is made up of alignments and corridors. Corridors are shown where more specific alignments within those corridors have not yet been designated. The process used to develop the RBTN, the general principles and analysis factors used in its development, and studies done to analyze and update the network can be found in the Bicycle Investment Plan. The RBTN was established in the 2040 TPP with the intent of achieving the following goals: Establish an integrated and seamless network of on-street bikeways and off-road trails. Provide the vision for a “backbone” arterial network to serve daily bicycle trips by connecting regional destinations and local bicycle networks. Encourage cities, counties, park agencies, and the state to plan and implement future bikeways in support of the network vision. The RBTN also incorporates regional bicycle barriers which are established in the TPP as the region’s most significant physical barriers to everyday bicycle travel and include freeways and expressways, railroad corridors, and secondary rivers and streams. They were developed and analyzed through the Regional Bicycle Barrier Study, the map which displays these barriers can be found here: Regional Bicycle Barriers Map. Key Changes from 2040 TPP The RBTN has been refined and expanded since it was first implemented in the 2040 TPP. Requests from local governments to add and revise RBTN corridors and alignments prompted the Regional Bicycle Guidelines and Measures Studywhich developed specific measures used in reviewing update requests submitted by local agencies. The RBTN undergoes a formal update of alignments and corridors about every 2 years. The next formal update will take place in 2025 prior to the 2026 Regional Solicitation. Regional Freight System The regional freight system is composed of interconnecting transportation modes, some of which are unique to freight and some which overlap with passenger travel modes. There are five distinct modes of freight transportation: highway trucks, railroads, river barges, air freight, and pipelines. Combined with intermodal or warehouse/distribution terminals and supporting 2025 SYSTEM STATEMENTTRANSPORTATION10