HOME SYSTEM OUTREACH LIBRARY CONNECT NOW! Select a Language SHARE: Welcome to Connect 2050 Planning NOW for the future of transportation in Wisconsin GET OUR EMAILS SHARE YOUR COMMENT VIEW ALL COMMENTS VISIT VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE We heard you, Wisconsin! We asked, you answered! What do you want our transportation system to look like in 2050? What should we do between now and then to get there? What are other Wisconsinites saying about Connect 2050? VIEW COMMENTS Kicking off Connect 2050 engagement efforts last summer, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation asked Wisconsinites to help build a shared vision for our transportation future. Thanks to your participation, we received comments and opinions from every geographic region of Wisconsin! VIEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY We are well on our way in the plan development process to establish Connect 2050 as the state’s roadmap for transportation policymaking. We will continue to collect and review your feedback as we develop the draft Connect 2050 plan. Examples of what you said ... “Electric Vehicles will be here in no time ... so prepare infrastructure to accommodate !!!" What is Connect 2050? Connect 2050 is Wisconsin's statewide, long-range transportation policy plan. WisDOT periodically updates its statewide, long-range, multimodal plan. Connect 2050 sets a fresh vision and updates goals based on issues, trends, and public comments. The plan will guide WisDOT’s decision-making about changes to and investments in our statewide system for the next roughly 30 years. The plan will impact all types of transportation – from roads to ports to sidewalks – across our entire state. Setting clear goals now is important as we figure out how best to support our economy, environment, and safe, efficient travel for everyone well into the future. Unlike a transportation project that is happening now or in the near future, a long-range plan guides decisions about many different projects that will be completed – and funded – years from now. We need honest, representative feedback to build a shared vision for Wisconsin’s transportation future. We know that the very people who regularly use Wisconsin's transportation system have valuable insights that can help us prioritize needs. Guiding Principles The following guiding principles are the core of WisDOT’s planning process. These guiding principles are the values that drove the Connect 2050 planning process: Implement and maintain a safe and efficient statewide multimodal transportation system that provides affordable, accessible, and equitable transportation choices to all people. Ensure that no person is excluded from, participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, sex, age, religion, income status or limited English proficiency in any and all programs, activities or services administered by WisDOT. Embrace a cooperative, continuing, comprehensive planning process. We need honest, representative feedback to build a shared vision for Wisconsin’s transportation future. We know that the very people who regularly use Wisconsin's transportation system have valuable insights that can help us prioritize needs. Connect 2050 plan process MENU About System Outreach Library FOLLOW CONTACT Wisconsin Department of Transportation Central Office (608) 266-9495 connect2050@dot.wi.gov Hill Farms State Office Building 4822 Madison Yards Way Madison, WI 53705 © 2021 | Wisconsin Department of Transportation