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and address the need for new bicycle barrier crossings or improved bicycle facilities at existing barrier crossings. Regional Freight Planning The Council encourages all local governments to plan for freight movement in their communities. Trucks are the major mode of freight movement in the region and across the nation to distribute consumer goods as well as move manufactured goods and commodities, and they operate in every community. The Metropolitan Freight System and the National Highway Freight Network are shown in Figures 1 and 5 of the Freight Investment Plan, respectively. There is a freight facility in your community: Interstate 35E. These networks and facilities should be incorporated into your local comprehensive plan. The local plan should also plan for compatible adjacent land uses, consider last-mile freight delivery needs and curb management strategies for local deliveries, if applicable. Refer to the Urban Freight Distribution Study for specific guidance on how to consider e-commerce and local deliveries on the local transportation system. Other Transportation Policy Plan Considerations Pedestrian Planning The Council encourages local governments to address pedestrian needs for transportation in their local comprehensive plans. The necessary planning for pedestrians can be done within your community’s comprehensive plan. An adopted pedestrian, active transportation, or multimodal plan can be included as an addendum to or in addition to the comprehensive plan. This planning should also include ensuring your local community has a current ADA self- evaluation that covers the public rights-of-way for transportation. Agencies with 50 or more employees must also have an adopted ADA transition plan, not just a self-evaluation. Travel Demand Management The Council encourages local governments to address travel demand management needs for areas which experience traffic congestion. Your community is served by Anoka County TMO. Local governments should identify the transportation management organization which serves their community and describe any policies, ordinances, practices or programs in place which would aid in regional TDM work in their local comprehensive plans. Greenhouse Gas Emissions State law directs the Minnesota Department of Transportation to establish targets to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction for the seven-county metro to reach net-zero emissions in the transportation sector by 2050. Your community must include plans or strategies to limit GHG emissions on the surface transportation system in your comprehensive plan to meet the designated regional targets. 2025 SYSTEM STATEMENTTRANSPORTATION14