Cape Cod draft long‑range transportation plan outlines multimodal goals; public comment period runs through July 17

Colleen, a presenter for Cape Cod Commission staff working with the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization, opened a public meeting on the draft Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), describing it as a roughly 20‑year, multimodal blueprint prioritizing projects within available federal funding from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.

The draft RTP sets a vision and seven goals — safety, environmental sustainability and resiliency, livability and economic vitality, multimodal options and healthy transportation, congestion reduction, system preservation, and freight mobility — and embeds equity across those goals. "We are envisioning a multimodal transportation system that supports the environmental and economic vitality of the region," the presentation said, noting the RTP was developed with the MPO, a JTC subcommittee, and extensive public outreach.

Why it matters: the RTP guides how limited federal and regional dollars are prioritized across roadways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, transit, and connections to ferry and airport services. Staff said the plan is performance‑based, tracking measures such as crash and fatality data for motorists and nonmotorists, percentage of signalized…