Your support is crucial for advocating to improve statewide active transportation planning and development in Missouri. This blog outlines three steps to move the needle:
MRT is advocating for MoDOT to adopt a statewide active transportation plan to address critical gaps in safety, funding, connectivity, and policy for non-motorized transportation across Missouri.
A Missouri statewide active transportation plan would:
If you represent an organization and support the need for a statewide active transportation plan, please write a letter of support. Letters will be consolidated and shared as part of the public comment period for MoDOT's 2026 Long-Range Transportation Plan update.
Please send completed letters to jackson@movingmissouri.org by March 31, 2026.
As of Mar. 19, nearly 100 organizations are calling for a MO statewide active transportation plan:
MoDOT Planning Partners
Local Government Entities
Public Health Orgs
Schools + Universities
Chambers + Economic Developers + Neighborhood Associations
Businesses
Local Community Orgs
Statewide Orgs + Programs
Professional Associations
Trail Developers + User Groups
Transit Operators
MO Transportation Orgs + Programs
National Advocacy Orgs
MoDOT is updating Missouri's Long-Range Transportation Plan in 2026, which "sets the 25-year vision for the state’s transportation system and establishes goals and objectives."
The LRTP will have a public comment period (*note, MoDOT will open public comments from March 4-April 3, 2026), and this is our opportunity to demonstrate the statewide interest and need for a Missouri active transportation planning framework.
