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The Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project

Arnold Creek Neighborhood Association

September 8, 2020

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Regional Growth Concept

+ 400,000 people

+260,000 jobsin the region by 2040

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Regional Rail System

• Mobility and congestion

• Climate and

environment

• Affordability and

economic disparity

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13stations

30 minBridgeport Village

To Downtown Portland

37,500trips per day by 2035

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Moving more people, more places

10 miles of new sidewalks

6 miles of improved bike facilities

1.6 miles of transit-only lanes

2,000Park & Ride spaces

Conceptual Design Report (CDR): Final Draft

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Continues to summarize:

• Project principles, goals and

objectives

• Community benefits

• Corridor-wide design

elements, improvements,

major structures

• Stations and amenities

Tool to communicate conceptual

design to the community

trimet.org/swcorridor/pdf/final-

conceptual-design-report.pdf

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What’s new?

• Responses to comments

received through community

engagement process

• How project intends to

achieve affordable housing

commitments

• More on station access by all

modes, including bikes and

future mobility services

• Additional “toolkits” indicating

intention for design elements

and project improvements

Conceptual Design Report (CDR): Final Draft

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Principles,

Goals,

Objectives

Move and

connect people

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Project vision

for corridor

improvements

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Standard Transit Design Elements

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Station Access Framework

Project ridership

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• Catchments

areas show

neighborhoods

and destinations

accessible to

cyclists; used to

prioritize

improvements

(protected

intersections,

RPBLs, shared

streets).

Add 3-mile

‘bikesheds’

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Bike typology

• Analysis of many

factors to

understand needs

for cyclists and

estimate demand

for parking

Station Access:

Bus transfers

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• SWC LRT will

continue to

provide nearly

23% of light rail

riders with a

connection to

other local and

regional transit

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Station Access : emerging mobility services

• Emerging connections to transit

• Adapt stations to travel choices to

serve vulnerable population

• Ongoing coordination with

partners/local jurisdictions is key to

flexible design

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Station Access Framework : location guidance

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Design for the Future: explore

opportunities for mobility solutions

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Station

Access: Autos

All station surface lots except

Bridgeport Transit Center.

Design elements

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Urban Design Toolkits: 4.4 Trackway types

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Urban Design Toolkits: 4.5 systems

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Urban Design Toolkits: 4.6 Walls

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Urban Design Toolkits: 4.7 Bridges

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Urban Design Toolkit; Stations & Public Space

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Corridor walk through

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30th Avenue Station

Portland

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Barbur Transit Center

Portland

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Barbur Transit Center - Public Opportunity Site

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1-5/SW Barbur Blvd, Crossroads structure:

sketch view

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53rd Avenue Station

Portland

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1-5 & Pacific Hwy/99W crossing: sketch view

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68th Parkway Station

Tigard & Tualatin

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Ongoing Design

trimet.org/swcorridor

Questions? Comments?

Email: swcorridor@trimet.org

Phone: 503.962.2150

Libby’s email: WinterLi@trimet.org