2050 Multimodal Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan Report
2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan Summary Brochure
West Virginia DOTs new statewide long-range transportation plan positions WVDOT and the multimodal system it manages to further support WVs economy, enhance quality of life, foster safe and reliable transportation options, and better connect WV residents and businesses to opportunities.
The WVDOT statewide multimodal long-range transportation plan helps guide future transportation policies and investments. The plan provides a 30-year blueprint to fund and improve the preservation, management, and expansion of West Virginia’s multimodal transportation system. To build this blueprint, WVDOT worked with transportation stakeholders, coordinated with Federal partners, and sought input from West Virginia residents across five study phases throughout 2020 and 2021.
For more information on each phase, please click the icons below, or use the links under 2050 LRTP Resources.
Stakeholder and Public Engagement will occur throughout the plan process through a variety of outreach opportunities. Engagement will ensure that the Plan remains transparent and accessible to stakeholders, residents, and businesses and enables input to steer plan outcomes.
The 2050 LRTP Implementation Plan highlights the key Plan outcomes and recommendations and identifies near term steps that WVDOT and its partners can take to propel and manage plan implementation forward over the next decade.
Polices, Strategies, and Trade-offs considers the differences between future transportation revenues and multimodal investment priorities to help WVDOT use existing and new tools to answer critical questions including:
Trend, Drivers, and Opportunities focus on trends shaping transportation through 2050, including demographics, economics, technology, environment, and transportation funding. Cross-cutting issues in these topics like education, equity, public health, and resiliency will also be considered.
Trends, Drivers, and Opportunities focus on topics shaping WVs future like demographics, economics, technology, and environment. Cross-cutting issues in these topics like education, public health, tourism, and resiliency are also important to WVs transportation future. This information will help WVDOT develop strategies in the LRTP that account for the opportunities and challenges West Virginia is experiencing across these topics.
The State of the System builds a platform for the rest of the Plan by detailing the status and performance of the multimodal system. This includes the goals, plans, programs, and partnerships that will shape system preservation, operations, and expansion over the coming year
Text Description of the Planning Process Diagram
The graphic illustrates a 5-tier pyramid-style planning process. A continuous vertical red line on the right side is labeled "Stakeholder and Public Engagement," indicating that this engagement spans all five steps from bottom to top.
The steps, from bottom to top, are:
- 1. State of the System: Includes Plans and Programs; Vision, Goals, Objectives; Asset Condition; and System Performance.
- 2. Trend, Drivers, and Opportunities: Includes Economic, Demographics, Funding, Technology, and Environmental factors.
- 3. Future Needs, Revenues, Priorities: Includes Medium and Long-Term Multimodal Needs, Revenue Forecasts, and Program/Project Prioritization.
- 4. Policies, Strategies, Trade-offs: Includes Multimodal Priorities (depicted with icons for biking, walking, trucking, train, and shipping cargo), Funding, and Trade-offs (Preservation, Mobility, Safety, and Reliability).
- 5. Implementation Plan: Includes Monitor Progress, a "Family of Plans", and Benefits.
