Strategy 3 Provide freight operators with tools to better navigate the city.

A key part of this strategy is to update the 2002 Truck Route Network. The purpose of this network is to designate routes for trucks to travel based upon their trip purpose (across town or across the country) and serve as an input in future roadway redesigns. The network will be an overlay in the Street Design Guide so that designers are directed to consider freight demands when designing future roadway projects. The Truck Route Network will be updated in coordination with Minneapolis 2040 future land uses and freight truck volume data and comparing against routes established in the current Truck Route Map. The updated network will provide guidance to where trucks should travel unless otherwise impractical (typically for the last few blocks of a delivery).

Maintaining and updating the Truck Route Network as freight volumes change over time helps planners, designers, and managers of the street network keep decisions and impacts to freight a key part of street design and operation conversations.