Comprehensive Plan

New Comprehensive Plan!

The City of Ann Arbor has adopted its Comprehensive Plan - 2050 and Appendices to forge a new affordable, sustainable, and equitable vision of the City’s future. Both documents are screen reader friendly when downloaded.

Learn more about the Comprehensive Plan process on its project site. To stay up to date, subscribe to email updates.

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

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Current Adopted Plans

The Comprehensive Plan serves as a guide for public and private decision-makers regarding the future physical development of the City and for the implementation of plans, policies, and programs. These plans provide a framework for achieving the City's desired goals, ensuring its diversity, supporting investment, and promoting desired change. The City’s Comprehensive Plan is composed of the following elements.

Comprehensive Planning Elements

Parks and Recreation Open Space Plan (2023)
The Parks and Recreation Open Space Plan (PDF) provides an overview of all aspects of the park system and outlines goals and objectives for future park planning.

City of Ann Arbor Comprehensive Transportation Plan (2021) The Moving Together Towards Vision Zero - Comprehensive Transportation Plan (PDF) defines the city’s mobility values and goals and details the strategy for managing, operating, upgrading, and maintaining our transportation system today and into the future. Visit the Transportation Plan webpage to view the appendices and supporting documents.

The Treeline Allen Creek Urban Trail Master Plan (2017)
The Treeline Allen Creek Urban Trail Master Plan (PDF) lays out a plan to connect City-owned properties, neighborhoods, and downtown businesses while linking to the Huron River and the regional Border-to-Border trail (B2B Trail).

Other Resource Documents

In addition to the recommendations provided by the Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission relies on the resource documents below to provide additional detail for interpretation and implementation of the recommendations.

Capital Improvements Plan (2026-2031)

Fuller-Geddes-Conrail Study (1994) (PDF)

Briarwood Subarea Plan (1995) (PDF)

Miller/Maple/Newport Traffic and Circulation Study (1995) (PDF)

Northeast Area Transportation Plan (2006) (PDF)

Flood Mitigation Plan (2007) (PDF)

Allen Creek Greenway Task Force Report (2007) (PDF)

Washtenaw County Access Management Plan (208) (PDF)

Huron River and Impoundment Management Plan (2009) (PDF)

Washtenaw Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Strategy (2010) (PDF)

Downtown Design Guidelines (2011) (PDF)

Connecting William Street Plan (2013) (PDF)