Metro Update on the Regional Transportation PlanNovember 4, 2009Congress for the New Urbanism Project for Transportation Reform Summit

Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder

New RTP direction to respond

• Outcomes tied to public values

• Investing in transportation to create great communities that foster economic vitality

• Strategic, innovative solutions

• Transportation performance, land use and quality of life effects considered

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• Sustained economic competitiveness and prosperity• Safe and reliable transportation choices• Vibrant, walkable communities• Minimal contributions to global warming• Clean air, clean water and healthy ecosystems• Benefits and burdens of growth shared throughout

the region

Desired outcomes

Making the Greatest Place:Choices for our Future

Urban Form – local aspirations, urban & rural reserves

Where do we grow?

Transportation - RTP

How do we travel?

Investments - infrastructure

What do our communities look like?

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Investments

TransportationChoices

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• Vibrant Communities and Efficient Urban Form

• Economic Competitiveness and Prosperity

• Transportation Choices

• Efficient Management of the Transportation System

• Safety and Security

• Environmental Stewardship

• Human Health

• Equity

• Fiscal Stewardship

• Accountability

RTP Goals and Outcomes

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Multi-modal solutions for the region’s major travel corridors

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Throughway Capacity

(passenger and freight)

High Capacity Transit

Rail Capacity

(passenger and freight)

Regional Arterial(all modes)

Community Arterial

(all modes)

Regional Arterial(all modes)

Community Arterial

(all modes)

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Figure 1.4

Concept of Multi-Modal Corridor Capacity

BikeParkway

(walk/bike)

Building community with transportation

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Linking local and regional efforts

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Active Transportation:The Vision

A regional biking and walking system of active transportation corridors with integrated connections to public transportation to triple the region’s walking and biking mode share by 2035

Photo J. Maus BikePortland

Measures to define successCurrent Measures

• Highway capacity

• Transit ridership

• Mode share

• Vehicle miles traveled

• Air quality

New Measures

• Cost of freight delay

• Job growth

• Travel time reliability

• Greenhouse gas emissions

• Land consumption

• Household growth

• Housing/transportation affordability

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More work to do

• Starting point to address climate change

• Targets provide a baseline for future policy work (e.g. HB 2001 scenarios and future RTP updates)

• Institutional and financial barriers remain

• Regional policies must be implemented locally and through future investment decisions

• Region 2040 vision for land use and transportation must be accelerated to achieve desired outcomes

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More information

• Regional Transportation Plan: www.oregonmetro.gov/rtp

• Making the Greatest Place: www.oregonmetro.gov/greatestplace

Rex BurkholderDistrict 5

rex.burkholder@oregonmetro.gov

503-797-1546

www.oregonmetro.gov