Transportation Plans

Transportation Plans

Bikeway Plan Update (pdf)

Visit the website of the RVARC to download the Roanoke Valley Long-Range Transportation Plan,the Transportation Improvement Plan.

Complete Streets Policy and Street Design Guidelines

Greenway Plans and Maps including Greenway Plan Update

Original Bikeway Plan (pdf) (This plan was replaced by the plan above and should only be used for reference.)

Roanoke's transportation system is a network of local and regional roads, freight rail (east-west, north-south), airport, transit and an evolving system of greenways and bikeways. The major interstate and regional routes are I-81, I-581, U.S. 220/Roy L. Webber Expressway, U.S. 460, and U.S. 11. Norfolk Southern provides freight rail service. Passenger and freight air service is provided through the Roanoke Regional Airport. Valley Metro provides bus transit and paratransit service.

The City, with cooperation and funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), is responsible for planning and maintaining its roads, greenways, bikeways and other transportation facilities. Roanoke participates in a regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The MPO is a collection of public and private proffessionals organized by the . The MPO develops the Long-Range Transportation Plan, the Transportation Improvement Plan, the regional Greenway Plan, Bikeway and other transportation plans.

Greenways

Greenways are corridors of protected open space used for recreation, conservation and transportation. In 1997 City Council adopted the first Roanoke Valley Conceptual Greenway Plan (pdf) as a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan. An update of this plan was recently adopted by City Council as a component of Vision 2001-2020, and replaces the original plan.

The City currently has seven greenways in various stages of planning or development. Priority projects include the Railside Linear Walk, the Mill Mountain Greenway, the Lick Run Greenway, the Roanoke River Greenway, the Tinker Creek Greenway and the Murray Run Greenway. Funding for greenways is a combination of city funds, in-kind/case donations, state grants and TEA=-21 reimbursement grants. To download the plan and learn more about greenways, click on the links below:

Roanoke Valley Greenway Plan Update

Greenways in the City of Roanoke

Roanoke Valley Greenways