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October 6, 2006 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ Driving alone to work is the preferred mode of transportation for a growing number of workers in Dane County. But regional transportation planners hope new transit options will enable and encourage drivers to get off congested roads and onto buses and trains. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ A real metropolitan bus system, commuter rail, connected bike paths and more local, two-lane roads - but no more multi-lane freeways - are recommendations included in the first comprehensive regional transportation plan to be drafted since 1997. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ The Madison Area Metropolitan Planning Organization rolled out its Regional Transportation Plan 2030 Wednesday night at a public hearing at Monona Terrace, with most public comment coming from people interested in seeing the bus system expand to take commuter pressure off local streets and highways. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ When the new plan is adopted by the planning group, it will become the official blueprint for transportation improvements in the Madison metro area, used to determine where federal and state funding will be spent on projects through 2030. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ "The plan identifies improvements and strategies to lead to an integrated multi-modal transportation system for 20-plus years," said Bill Schaefer, who is part of the planning group. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ Many local road improvement projects, such as a new east side arterial on Sprecher and Reiner roads and a new west side arterial on Pleasant View Road and County M, were included in the 1997 plan and are reaffirmed in the new 2030 plan. 㰀瀀㸀ഀഀ In fact, many of the recommendations from 1997 are continued in the new report: 㰀甀氀㸀ഀഀ
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