Transportation, Mobility & Community Planning

Lincoln and Lancaster County are working on Plan Forward—a vision for how we move, connect, and thrive as a growing community. This effort includes comprehensive, long-range transportation and mobility planning efforts that are all happening behind the scenes. What matters to you is that it is a coordinated effort and the result is a community driven guide to make improvements to living, working, playing, and getting around in the future. The plans will:

Reflect community values and lived experiences
Guide smart, equitable investments
Support a community and transportation system that works for everyone

Coordinated Effort

This work is aligned with other major initiatives, including the Lincoln-Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan and Safe Streets Lincoln Vision Zero Action Plan. While each has a distinct focus, we’re coordinating outreach and messaging so the public sees a shared vision for the future.

What's in the Plans?

Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Update

Guides multimodal transportation priorities and federal funding allocations over the next 25 years
Refreshes content and analysis while maintaining a 2050 planning horizon
Must be adopted by the MPO Officials Committee by December 2026
View existing plan here

Mobility Plan

Updates and unifies Lincoln’s pedestrian and bicycle planning documents (2013 Pedestrian & Bicycle Capital Plan, 2019 Lincoln Bike Plan)
Creates a cohesive strategy for walking, biking, transit access, and mobility improvements
To be completed by June 2026, with recommendations rolled into the LRTP

Why Now?

The Long Range Plan is updated every five years—but this isn’t just a routine check-in. We’re building on a strong foundation of past planning and refining goals to meet the needs of today and the next generation by:

Clarifying what’s changed since the last update
Reinforcing community priorities
Incorporating lived experiences into how and where we invest