Fort Worth’s new master transportation plan cleared a milestone toward adoption May 14, when the City Plan Commission approved a recommendation to Fort Worth City Council for its adoption.
Kelly Porter, Fort Worth’s assistant director of regional transportation planning and innovation, said major corridors in the city remain congested — even with improvements made over the past few years — as a result of population growth outpacing roadway capacity.
Without action, Porter predicts that by 2036 travel times in the city will have more than doubled and close to 70% of Fort Worth roadways will be delivering a poor level of service.
Porter said the recommended plan is “based on reality, and based on things we can implement over the years.”
Today, the city has two transportation plans: a master thoroughfare plan that guides the development of roadways and an active transportation plan that is the blueprint for nonmotor vehicle transportation like walking and biking.
The new master transportation plan combines roadways and active transportation with public transit, freight and passenger rail into a unified plan. Potential projects will be prioritized and broken down into segments that can be realistically funded over the next several years through city, state and federal resources.
The recommended plan also provides clearer standards for roadways, depending on how a particular area is zoned:
- “Standard areas” include roads with standard-width travel lanes that are primarily used by cars.
- “Freight priority areas” will feature roads with wider travel lanes and intersections that can accommodate wide turns by large trucks.
- “Compact development areas” refer to road designs that incorporate mixed-mode car and transit lanes, separate bike lanes and pedestrian walkways, and possible accommodations for “micromobility” transportation modes like scooters and delivery robots.
Porter’s team identified 16 roadway projects to be done over the next four years, with the city’s contributions coming from 2026 bond funds.
Three projects comprise one effort that would widen all of Bonds Ranch Road to four lanes, and include construction of a bridge over a train track.
Other significant projects covered by the plan include construction of a four-lane roadway between two unconnected segments of East Bailey Boswell Road in the West Fork Ranch section of Fort Worth and reconstruction of East Berry Street between Cobb Park Drive and Business 287 in south Fort Worth.
Eight projects in the plan would have to be authorized by voters in 2030, six others in 2034, and more even further down the road.
Porter emphasized the extensive public outreach that went into the plan. “I think everybody does get something in this one,” he said.
The commission voted unanimously to recommend the city council adopt the plan, which is available here on the city’s website.
City Plan Commission
Documenter: Doug Wilhelm
Date: May 14, 2026
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