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Portland: A City of Sustainable Planning Will Kresic Adam Polinski Brooks Brown Thomas Wamser Dave Mellisy

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Analysis of agencies affecting transportation policy in Portland, OR

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Portland:A City of Sustainable PlanningWill Kresic

Adam Polinski

Brooks Brown

Thomas Wamser

Dave Mellisy

Federal, State, & City Gov’t

Federal: US Department of Transportation● Statewide Planning and Research

● Regional Flexible Funds

State: Oregon Department of Transportation● Department of Land Conservation and Development

● Land Conservation and Development Commission

City: Portland Bureau of Transportation● Transportation System Plan (TSP)

● Portland DOT’s Sustainability Plan

Federal

Statewide Planning and Research (SPR)● Managed by Oregon’s Transportation Development Division

● Funds provided and program approved Federally

● 2 Parts: transportation planning and research activities

● Provides policy and technical direction

● Provides data and information for comprehensive decision-making

Regional Flexible Funds● Used to finance local and regional transportation priorities

● Funds distributed by Metro through the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program

● Covers Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties

State

Evolved major planning laws 1970s

1973- Oregon Land Conservation and

Development Act creating the LCDC

19 Statewide Planning Goals:

● urban growth boundaries

● wise use of urban land

● protection of natural resources

Requires each city and county to adopt a

comprehensive plan to be “acknowledged” by

the LCDC

City

Portland DOT’s Sustainability Plan● Created the Sustainable City Government Partnership

● All plans include:

o A vision and mission statement

o Summary of past and current sustainable practices

o A public communication strategy

1998 Pedestrian Design Guide Portland Bureau of Transportation ● Maintains the investments in infrastructure facilities

● Aims to balance competing uses, complexity, age, and size of the transportation system with

pedestrian needs

Portland Metro Area’s Regional Government

Metro Transportation Initiatives

Southwest Corridor Plan and Powell-Division Transit

Development Projects● Transportation development focused on connecting downtown

Portland with growing suburbs

Metro Transportation Initiatives

Active Transportation Plan Goals

● Increase access

● Promote walking and biking

● Increase travel choices

● Increase actual and perceived safety

● Reduce instance and cost of crashes

● Increase activity of the general public

Metro Transportation Initiatives

Task: Reduce per capita greenhouse gas

emissions from cars and small trucks by

20% from 2005-2035

Goals: “clean air and water, transportation

choices, healthy and equitable

communities and a strong economy”

Climate Smart Communities Project

Metro Transportation Initiatives

Climate Smart Communities Scenarios Project

Vision Zero: making street safety a higher priority than travel speed

Key Policies of Draft

1. Make transit convenient, frequent, accessible and affordable

2. Make biking and walking safe and convenient

3. Make streets and highways safe, reliable and connected

4. Use technology to actively manage the transportation system

5. Provide information and incentives to expand use of travel options

6. Manage parking to make efficient use of land and parking spaces

Metro Development Plan

Urban Growth Boundary - limits expansion of metro area

Outside UGB:

● Rural Reserves

Metro Development Plan

Urban Growth Boundary - limits expansion of metro area

Outside UGB:

● Rural Reserves

● Urban Reserves

Metro Development Plan

Urban Reserves

Rural Reserves

Delegated to

State Gov. Land

Conservation &

Devel. Cmmte.

Urban Growth Management

- Metro law mandates that municipalities

maintain or increase housing stock

- Current Portland Metro boundaries can

support twice the current population

Filling the Gaps

Vacant land in

Portland

Filling the Gaps

Potential

Redevelopment

Sites

Filling the Gaps

T.O.D. Subsidy

For projects which:

● Increase ridership

of transit

● Increase density

● Increase access

● Reduce parking

per capita

TriMet: The Product of the Plan

Trailblazing

Transit

● Innovative approach

● High quality service

● Long-term vision

Non-Government

Organizations

Bike Portland

● Online blog for biking advocacy and news

● Created in response to a vibrant biking

community

● #1 biking blog in the world (London Cyclist 2009)

● Founder/editor = Jonathan Maus

● Useful features for users:

o Ask BikePortland Q&A

o Forums & podcasts

○ Stolen bike listings

Oregon Walks

● Pedestrian advocacy group

● Explains benefits of walking to citizens

● Database of city’s walking groups

● Programs to make walking safer such as:

o Crosswalk Actions

o Safe Routes to School

● Puts forward legislation

o Crosswalk Safety Bill (SB 424) in

2011

o Stop and Stay Stopped Law in 2003

Works Cited

Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/Pages/goals.aspx

Oregon Metro Government Library: Land Use Shelf

Urban and Rural Reserves: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/urban-and-rural-reserves

Urban Growth Management Functional Plan: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/urban-growth-management-functional-plan

2014 Urban Growth Report, part of 2015 Management Decision: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/2014-urban-growth-report-

Revised-Draft-FINAL.pdf

Transit Oriented Development Program: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/tools-partners/grants-and-resources/transit-oriented-development-

program

Non-Government Organizations:

Bike Portland http://bikeportland.org/

The Bicycle Story http://www.thebicyclestory.com/2013/04/jonathan-maus/

Oregon Walks http://oregonwalks.org/