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included in.the TPP Increased Revenue Scenario can be identified separately in local plans as unfunded proposals. Amore detailed description of how to handle the various improvements in this category is included under Other Plan. Considerations. Key Changes in the 2022 update to the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan This section generally describes changes to the TPP since the 2015 System. Statements. A complete list of the changes impacting your community can be fpund in the." System Plan.. Considerations Affecting. Your Community" section. General Plan Changes The format of the TPP is'slightly differentfrom past Transp.o rtation. Policy Plaits. The following were added to. the current TPP: an introductory Overview; Chapter 1: Transportation System Visioning and Planning; Chapter 11: Environment and Air [duality; Chapter 12: Congestion Mitigation Process; and Chapter 13: Performance Outcomes. The discussion of existing conditions previously in Chapter 1 was moved within the individual modal system chapters (Chapters 5-9). The discussions in Chapters 11, 12; and 13 were developed by expanding content previously in Chapter 12.. There were also modifications to the. append ices. Other changes since the 201 5System. Statements include: ■ Updated regional population and job growth projections to. 2040.were reducedfrom 824,000 new residents to 803,000 new.residents and 550,000 newjobs to 472,000 newjobs; • New content on COVID-19 and impacted behaviors, revenues; and regional disparities; ■ Updated Regional Transportation Challenges and Opportunities to reflect changing travel patterns; technology impacts, and a new focus on equity in the.Healthy and Equitable Communities goal; Updated investment scen arios and planned investments to reflect expected funding availability; • A new section added to Chapter 10 Equity and Environmental Justice evaluating the proximity of people living near the regional highway system by race and poverty level compared to their overall percentages in the regions population. Existing strategies in Chapter 2: Transportation Policy Plan Strategies were revised and new strategies were added since the 2015 System( Statements. Metropolitan Highway System —Chapter 5 Substantial. regional highway planning has occurred since 2015..These efforts have broadened the region's understanding of the system and. the issues it faces. Many of the. studies were regionwide. prioritization efforts of a specific highway investment type. The results of theseefforts are being used to inform investment decisions in both the Cu rrent Reve nu e Scenario and the .1..ncreased Revenue Scenario. Studies: o TPP Figure 5-1-3.reflects lower cost highway improvements as a.result of the MnDOT Congestion Management Safety Plan 4 o TPP Figures 5-14 and 5-18.reflect changes to planned EZ Pass (fprmerly cal led MWASS) system investments as a result of the MnDOT Mn PASS System Study 3 o TPP Figure 5-20 reflects prioritized interchange conversions as a result of the Metro po litan Co un cil/M nDOT Principal Arterial Intersection Conversion Study o TPP Figures 5-13 (lower cost improvements) and TPP Figure 5720 reflect changes to the TPP as a result of the Metropolitan Council/MnDOT Freeway System Interchange Study The TPP now includes a more direct discussion of aging highway pavements and the -costs to maintain these given the proporlionof the. systemthat has.reached.the end of its useful life. A.pproximately60°Io of principal arterials were constructed in the 195O's and 1960's. TPP Figure 5-8 and TPP Table 5-2 show these aging facilities. Page-2 I METROPQLITANcOUNCIL