Seattle, Washington, unveiled an ambitious comprehensive plan that will change the shape of the city in the coming years. Seattle has chosen to focus more on the “urban village” type development of the city and have all other aspects of planning, such as transportation and land use, work in tandem with that. An urban village is a mixed-use area that hosts homes, jobs, shops and services in close proximity to each other. Between annexations and different land use practices, transport plays a leading role in the general design of the city. This new plan focuses on transforming the city towards a more sustainable way of thinking and operating. The transportation part of the master plan was called the “Strategic Transportation Plan.” And the TSP, as it is called, is divided into several parts. The city of Seattle has realized that it has a limited amount of road space in and around the city. For this reason, the different types of roads were classified according to use and defined. These definitions range from interstate highways which have been defined as “roads that provide maximum capacity and least impeded traffic flow for longer vehicle trips,” to alleys that are “trips…that are not intended for direct travel ", (Transport element). A specific goal of these definitions and classifications, as stated by the plan, is to “promote adequate street system capacity for transit and other designated uses.” This seems like a great idea to help move the city forward. Instead of expanding streets by adding lanes, which would affect businesses, homes and other developments, the city is seeing what kind of traffic a street attracts and is creating a…paper medium…implementing it. Many of the goals and ideas presented in the TSP were similar to those presented during classroom instruction. Seattle aims to become a more sustainable city and aims to increase transportation options for getting from one part of the city to another. It is easy to see the tangible benefits of the elements presented in the transportation plan, as well as the intangible ones. As in the case of the expansion of the urban path network. Tangible benefits would include more cyclists using these cycle paths. Some intangible benefits would be improved fitness for cyclists, less traffic congestion and decreased air pollution. While it will be difficult and time-consuming to implement, many aspects of Seattle's transportation strategic plan have long-term benefits and advantages to move the city one step closer to being a sustainable entity.