The Rochester Hills Master Thoroughfare Plan Update is an opportunity for the community to anticipate travel needs for the next 20 years and to ensure that various modes of transportation are appropriately combined in a realistic plan.  Improvements to roadways and non-vehicular facilities that accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists are realistic transportation elements that require balance to form an implementable plan.  The continuing pressure of increased fuel prices also requires examining the role of transit important for a forward-looking community.  However, these improvements can’t happen if the policies and infrastructure that permit them are not in place.  The Master Thoroughfare Plan Update must anticipate the likely patterns of travel by all modes and define how these improvements can be made within the reasonably foreseeable future with legitimate sources of revenue.