Smart Mobility: Olson Memorial Highway Alternatives Analysis
Vehicle mobility is a key metric in roadway alternatives analyses. Given the relative lack of congestion in this corridor, the September 2023 Olson Memorial Highway Multimodal Study Purpose and Need Statement (“P&NS”) prepared by MnDOT lists vehicle mobility only as a secondary need. Even though vehicle mobility is given as a secondary need, it is possible that it will still have a large weight in evaluation because vehicle mobility metrics are ubiquitous in alternatives analyses and can appear to be more objective compared to some of the other metrics that are harder to quantify.