Background Summary Report · 2018. 4. 30. · Washington County Freight Study (Westside Economic Alliance, 2017), included Washington County, Port of Portland, and other entities

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Background Summary Report The Moving Forward TV Highway Enhanced Transit and Access Plan is studying the feasibility of enhanced transit service in the TV Highway corridor, primarily within unincorporated Washington County between SW Cornelius Pass Road and SW 160th Avenue. The TV Highway corridor was selected as a “Next Phase Regional Priority Corridor” in Metro’s 2035 High Capacity Transit (HCT) System Plan and has been the subject of substantial state, regional, and local planning work. The County is undertaking a corridor refinement study that will define feasible transit concepts, identify needed access improvements such as bicycle and pedestrian facilities and highway crossings to potential transit stations along the corridor within the project area, and lay the groundwork for the corridor to be elevated to a regional priority HCT corridor. This report documents relevant plans, studies, projects and policies derived from prior planning efforts. These plans, studies and projects are listed below in Table 1, and summarized in Appendix A. Table 1. Guiding documents for Moving Forward TV Highway

Plan or Study State Oregon Highway Plan (Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), 1999)

Oregon Freight Plan (ODOT, 2017) Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan and Implementation Work Program (ODOT, 2016) Oregon Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Implementation Plan (ODOT, 2014) ODOT Region 1 Active Transportation Inventory (ODOT, ongoing)

Regional Regional Transportation Plan (Metro, 2014 and 2018 [draft]) High Capacity Transit System Plan (Metro, 2009) Transit System Expansion Policy (Metro, 2011) Regional Freight Plan (Metro, 2010) Regional Active Transportation Plan (Metro, 2014) Regional Mobility Corridors Atlas (Metro, 2015) TriMet Pedestrian Network Analysis Project (TriMet, 2011) TriMet Bike Plan (TriMet, 2016)

Local TriMet Westside Service Enhancement Plan (TriMet, 2013) Washington County Transportation System Plan (Washington County, 2015) TV Highway Corridor Plan (ODOT and Washington County, 2013) Aloha-Reedville Study and Livable Communities Plan (Washington County, 2014) Aloha Tomorrow (Washington County, 2017) Washington County Freight Study (Westside Economic Alliance, 2017) Washington County Arterial Pedestrian Crossings Project (Washington County, 2017) Regional Active Transportation Management Project (ODOT and Washington County, ongoing)

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Line 57 Existing Conditions Currently, TV Highway is served by TriMet Line 57, which is a Frequent Service bus route between Forest Grove and Beaverton Transit Center. It has the highest ridership of any bus line in Washington County and the ninth most in the entire TriMet bus network, with 7,540 average weekday boardings. 1 Line 57 is also the seventh most productive bus line in the system, with over 50 boarding rides per vehicle hour. Line 57 provides approximately 22 hours of service every day of the week, at a typical frequency of 15 minutes. However, frequencies are slightly lower during early morning hours (4-6AM) and substantially lower during late evening hours (10PM-2AM). While Line 57 already offers the longest span of service among all buses in the county, TriMet has proposed initiating 24-hour service on Line 57 as part of their Fiscal Year 2018/19 service updates, which would fill the existing 2 hour gap in overnight service. According to TriMet, Line 57 ranks tenth in the TriMet system in terms of providing access to communities of concern, jobs, housing, and social services. Relative to other lines in the TriMet system, Line 57 scores particularly high in serving multiple populations (minority, low-income, limited English proficiency, and youth), and provides a high level of access to affordable housing and services.2 Within census block groups located ¼ mile of Line 57, there are 65,000 residents with 45 percent of the population below 200 percent of the poverty line. In addition, there are almost 30,000 jobs within ¼ mile, with nearly 60 percent earning less than $40,000 per year.3 Review of Existing Plans and Projects The Oregon Highway Plan (Oregon Department of Transportation [ODOT], 2009) is the roadway modal element of the Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP), which is the overarching policy document among a series of plans that together form ODOT’s long-range multimodal transportation plan. The Oregon Highway Plan (OHP) establishes long-range policies and investment strategies for the State Highway System. The plan does not specifically address state facilities, but places the highest priority for making investments that improve the safety of the highway system, and for the management and preservation of the physical infrastructure. In addition, the plan does not classify the facility as a freight route, but TV Highway is included in the National Highway System of roadways important to the nation’s economy, defense, and mobility. Another modal element of the OTP is the Oregon Freight Plan (ODOT, 2011), last amended in 2017. This plan was created by ODOT to guide freight-related operation, maintenance and investment decisions, with policies and actions developed to implement the freight goals and policies of the OTP, focusing specifically on the economic benefits the freight transportation system. The 2017 update addresses federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act requirements, such as an inventory of freight transportation facilities with mobility needs and a list of critical urban and critical rural freight corridors. The Freight Plan does not specifically address TV Highway within the project study area, however a half-mile portion of TV Highway near OR 217 in Beaverton is designated as a Tier 3 (lower priority) “Freight Highway Delay Area”, which are locations on Oregon’s highway network that are experiencing significant freight truck delay, unreliability, and increased transportation costs. The statewide Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (ODOT, 2016) serves as the bicycle and pedestrian element of the OTP. The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (OBPP) contains a set of statewide goals and policies that provide a decision-making framework for walking and biking investments, strategies, and programs, and guides the state through efforts such as prioritizing projects, developing design guidance, collecting important data and other activities that support walking and biking in Oregon. The policies and strategies in this plan are written to refine the OTP and be consistent with the other mode and topic plans, such as the OHP, while providing

1 TriMet Transit Profile for Line 57 Memorandum, October 2016. 2 TriMet Transit Profile for Line 57 Memorandum, October 2016. 3 Based on data from 2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates and Census Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

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additional considerations for the needs of people walking and biking. The OBPP does not directly provide implementation actions for improving specific state facilities like TV Highway, rather, the plan recognizes the role of regional and local plans in addressing bicycle and pedestrian user and system needs through the identification of specific actions and projects and having consistent policies and strategies with the OBPP. In addition, ODOT completed an accompanying implementation work program that identified several near-term action items from the plan that can be implemented in the next five years. These actions include defining the existing network, updating design guidelines for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, exploring new ways to collect and analyze data, and developing plan- and program-level performance measures that can be integrated into decision making processes. One notable recommendation is the completion of a Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) analysis to understand physical, natural, and safety/comfort barriers which impact the connectivity of the bicycle and pedestrian network. ODOT is working with local jurisdictions to incorporate LTS analyses in future Transportation System Plan updates. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Implementation Plan (ODOT, 2014) expands on the statewide Transportation Safety Action Plan by following a systemic safety planning process to prioritize corridors across public roads in Oregon based on the potential for reducing frequency and severity of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. In addition, the plan provides a toolbox of countermeasures aimed at reducing crashes on specified corridors, and developed a framework from which ODOT and local agencies can use to apply judgment and area-specific context to prioritized corridors when developing projects. The plan identifies TV Highway between Century Boulevard and 185th Avenue as a priority project corridor for implementation of pedestrian crash countermeasures based on several crash risk factors, but does not provide specific project suggestions for prioritized corridors. As part of its effort to define the pedestrian and bicycle network, the state is embarking on the Region 1 Active Transportation Inventory (ODOT, ongoing) to better understand pedestrian and bicycle travel needs on the existing system of ODOT highways in Region 1 (which includes the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan study area). This effort provides an inventory of existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities and an evaluation tool to assist with strategically identifying future projects that provide the greatest benefits for various users. The third and final phase currently ongoing will determine the facilities, design treatments, or other improvements to address the identified needs and potential implementation strategies for improving active transportation facilities in Region 1. The inventory documents the minimum standard for sidewalks and bicycle lanes for TV Highway within the study area:

• Sidewalks: 8’ curbside or 6’ with buffer strip (except between 160th and 170th where minimum standard is 6’ curbside)

• Bicycle Lanes: 6’ striped lane The Region 1 Pedestrian & Bicycle Inventory Atlas identifies presence and width of sidewalks and bicycle lanes along TV Highway, and location of signals or enhanced crossings. The atlas also documents where the existing facilities are substandard within the Moving Forward TV Highway study area:

• North sidewalk between 160th and 170th • North sidewalk east of Cornelius Pass (since upgraded) • South sidewalk at eastbound bus stops: Market Centre, 198th, and 170th • Eastbound bicycle lane in vicinity of 214th, 198th, 187th to 178th, 170th, 160th • Westbound bicycle lane in vicinity of 160th, Street. Mary’s to 170th, 178th to 187th

The inventory’s Evaluation Criteria Report includes detailed evaluation methodology to help identify areas with the greatest needs, and documents the gaps and deficiencies on the network using the eight identified evaluation criteria: crash history, crash risk, access to transit, access to essential destinations, transportation for

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disadvantaged populations, system completeness, needs in local plan, and existing pedestrian and bicycle facility conditions. Several high-priority locations with pedestrian needs in the 95th percentile or greater in the region were identified on TV Highway within the Moving Forward TV Highway study area based on a composite score against the evaluation criteria:

• 160th Avenue • Street. Mary’s Home (165th) • 170th Avenue • Generally continuous from 174th to 192nd avenues (178th and 187th ranked in 99th percentile) • 198th Avenue • 209th Avenue • 214th Avenue • Cornelius Pass Road

In addition, TV Highway in the vicinity of 185th Avenue was classified as a location with bicycle needs in the 95th percentile. However, it is likely that this needs inventory does not reflect existing conditions due to recent access and safety improvements completed along the corridor, such as 178th Avenue, 185th Avenue, and Cornelius Pass Road. The current Regional Transportation Plan (Metro, 2014) is revised every four years and guides future investments in the region’s transportation system. The Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) establishes policies and priorities for travel by motor vehicle, transit, foot and bicycle, the movement of goods and services, street design, and the efficient management of the overall regional transportation system. For each update, Metro develops new forecasts for future population, jobs, and travel. The RTP also assesses federal, state, and local funding for transportation improvements, estimates project costs, and proposes funding strategies. Metro works closely with local jurisdictions and regional and state agencies in preparing the RTP. Specific items in the RTP that affect transportation planning in Washington County include the project list, designation of regional mobility corridors, performance targets, modal targets, and mobility standards.

The RTP included a Regional Transit Network Vision designed to help implement the 2040 Growth Concept. The concept is predicated on focusing future growth in regional and town centers, station communities, and 2040 corridors to help decrease automobile dependence, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce transportation and housing costs, and promote healthy lifestyles. The transit network vision is guided by the following policies.

• Build the total network and transit-supportive land uses to leverage investments: Beyond providing frequent and reliable public transportation, jurisdictions across the region must provide safe and comfortable pedestrian and bicycling environments to help people access transit facilities. These investments help encourage additional transit ridership and expand the reach of the transit network. In addition, transit-supportive development patterns help leverage and protect large-scale infrastructure investments, taking into account adjacent land uses, block sizes, street connectivity, and parking management.

• Expand high-capacity transit: HCT investments such as light rail and bus rapid transit help the region concentrate growth in regional centers, town centers, and corridors, and the RTP calls for alignments and station locations to be oriented towards existing and future high density, mixed-use development. The 2035 HCT System Plan identified new corridors, prioritized them for implementation based on a set of evaluation criteria, and set a framework to advance future corridors based on RTP goals and the 2040 Growth Concept. Based on this framework, the System Expansion Policy developed a mechanism for refining the list of HCT corridors with each RTP update (or through mid-term RTP amendments if needed).

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The 2035 HCT System Plan identified the TV Highway corridor from Beaverton to Hillsboro as a Next Phase Regional Priority Corridor (see below).

• Expand regional and local frequent service transit: In parts of the region where development focuses on regional and town centers and station communities, the RTP recommends providing radial frequent transit service to serve these centers. Frequent bus service is appropriate when high ridership demand is demonstrated or projected, the streets are pedestrian-friendly, there are high proportions of transit-dependent residents, the lines connect to existing or proposed HCT corridors, and/or it serves multiple centers and major employers. Line 57 on TV Highway is already a TriMet Frequent Service bus route.

• Improve local service transit: The local transit network provides basic service and access to local destinations and the frequent and high capacity transit network. Service span and frequencies vary based on the level of demand for the service, and the local transit network ensures that the majority of the region’s population has transit service available to them. Two local routes intersect with TV Highway in the project study area (Lines 52 on 185th Avenue and Line 88 on 198th Avenue), with plans for additional lines in the future.

• Support expanded commuter rail and intercity transit service to neighboring communities: Intercity passenger rail and bus service to communities outside of the region provides an important connection to the regional transit network. This policy is not directly applicable to the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan.

• Improve pedestrian and bicycle access to transit: Establishing pedestrian and bicycle connections to bus and train stations and stops helps extend the reach of the transit network, increasing the viability of transit for a greater number of trips. This project will result in prioritized improvements for pedestrian and bicycle access to transit by recommending enhanced bus stops, sidewalk and bicycle network gaps near stops, protected crossings where appropriate and bicycle parking considerations.

The 2018 Regional Transportation Plan (Metro, ongoing) includes an update to the Regional Transit Strategy that revises the shared Regional Transit Vision, transit performance measures, and Transit System Expansion Policy to reflect new regional goals and priorities. The strategy will help implement the regionally-adopted 2014 Climate Smart Strategy and includes an investment plan to help local and regional partners make transit more frequent, convenient, accessible and affordable. While the strategy updates the 2009 HCT System Plan, it also encompasses a broader range of opportunities to meet transit needs around the region beyond light rail and bus rapid transit, such as enhanced bus service. The 2018 update includes particular emphasis on improving equity, safety, active transportation, and congestion across the region. The RTP classifies every census tract in the Moving Forward TV Highway study area as having a higher than regional average concentration and double the density of several overlapping demographic groups that have historically been marginalized, including communities of color, English language learners, and lower-income communities. The RTP has identified TV Highway and 185th Avenue as high injury corridors, with the intersections of TV Highway at 160th, 185th and 198th avenues identified as high injury intersections. The High Capacity Transit System Plan (Metro, 2009) developed a prioritized list of potential HCT corridors throughout the region based on several factors of implementation readiness, including travel demand, supportiveness of existing land uses, local aspirations, and total project capital cost. The System Plan also included a system expansion policy that provided a framework to select and advance future regional HCT corridors by setting targets and defining regional and local actions to guide projects toward implementation. A total of four HCT priority tiers were defined, with near-term regional priority corridors recommended to receive top priority for advancement to a federal alternatives analysis, federal funding, and implementation. The TV

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Highway corridor between Beaverton and Hillsboro, listed as “Corridor 32 – Beaverton to Hillsboro in the vicinity of TV Highway,” was identified in the second tier as a next phase regional priority corridor, where “future HCT investment may be viable if recommended planning and policy actions are implemented”. The plan also included an extension of the TV Highway corridor from Hillsboro to Forest Grove, which was identified as a developing regional priority corridor where “projected 2035 land use and commensurate ridership potential are not supportive of HCT implementation, but which have long-term potential due to political aspirations to create HCT-supportive built form”. Following the HCT System Plan, the Transit System Expansion Policy (Metro, 2011) was developed as a framework to advance future regional HCT corridors by establishing performance measures and defining regional and local actions to guide the selection and advancement of these projects. The Transit System Expansion Policy (TSEP) is intended to provide policy direction on the range of factors that should be considered when determining future HCT investments, including:

• Community factors based on local plans, code, and policies that are transit-supportive, including existing or aspirational land uses and built form; transportation infrastructure; parking and demand management, and design factors that will leverage HCT investments and increase ridership potential within a particular corridor.

• Readiness factors such as political commitment, community support and partnerships. • Regional factors such as financial capacity and regional consensus on the appropriate next corridor.

During or between RTP updates, Metro would evaluate HCT candidate corridors using the appropriate TSEP measures, as well as the requirements of the Urban Growth Management Functional Plan and Regional Transportation Functional Plan. Based on this analysis, Metro Council and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) would make the final decision on corridor reprioritization or advancement to a Federal Transit Administration Alternatives Analysis process. The Regional Freight Plan (Metro, 2010) defined goals, strategies and actions within a regional policy framework to guide the stewardship of critical multimodal regional freight infrastructure and industrial land supply, in order to support the sustainability and prosperity of the Portland region. The plan does not specifically address individual facilities, but contains a Regional Freight Action Plan which includes potential solutions and strategies to address key issues for the regional freight transportation system, including congestion, reliability, capacity constraints, network barriers, land use, and the environment. A list of priority freight projects is included as an appendix, several of which are located on TV Highway, including corridor-wide traffic signal coordination and potential grade separation at Murray Boulevard While the plan lists a future widening project to seven lanes that was sourced from previous versions of the RTP, this vision no longer reflects current county plans and policies. The Regional Active Transportation Plan (Metro, 2014) is a modal plan within the RTP, serving as a guidance document that provides a vision and policies for communities in relation to pedestrian and bicycle facilities all across the Metro region. It is intended to support the communities in the region completing and expanding the regional pedestrian and bicycle networks in a connected and comprehensive manner and monitoring performance. The Regional Active Transportation Plan (RATP) includes new updated pedestrian and bicycle network vision maps, network concepts, and functional classifications. The RATP also provides design guidance for pedestrian facilities, and for bicycle routes on high traffic streets, low traffic streets, and regional trails and multi-use paths. The plan classifies urban centers and station communities, including Aloha Town Center, as both a Regional Pedestrian District and Regional Bicycle District. Aloha Town Center is also identified as an area of the region with incomplete bicycling and walking facilities, less access to essential services and destinations, and higher

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concentrations of environmental equity issues and underserved communities. By completing the planned 2035 pedestrian and bicycle network, the RATP forecasts Aloha as an area where a high number of people will have increased access to destinations within a one-mile walk, and also as an area with among the highest level of bicycle activity in the region. The RATP includes maps that identify gaps in the existing pedestrian and bicycle network. With the lack of a south sidewalk for the majority of its length in the Moving Forward TV Highway study area, the plan identifies TV Highway as a regional pedestrian network gap. Other pedestrian gaps in the study area are located intermittently on 170th Avenue, 185th Avenue, 209th Avenue, Farmington Road, and Kinnaman Road where sidewalks are missing or substandard. While TV Highway contains no regional bikeway gaps in the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan study area, the RATP identified other intermittent bikeway gaps located on, 170th Avenue, 185th Avenue, 198th Avenue, 209th Avenue, Farmington Road, and Kinnaman Road, where bicycle facilities are missing or substandard. In addition, the Reedville and Turf to Surf multi-use trails have yet to be constructed within the study area. The RATP also introduces new regional pedestrian and bicycle functional classification systems that are not tied to facility type (for example, off-street trails are not considered a separate classification). Pedestrian parkways are the highest functional class for regional pedestrian routes and serve key regional destinations. These facilities also mirror the regional transit network, recognizing the importance of a complete walking network to support transit. The plan identifies TV Highway, 185th Avenue, Farmington Road, Kinnaman Road, Turf to Surf Trail, Westside Trail, and Reedville Trail as Pedestrian Parkways. Regional pedestrian corridors are the second highest functional class and include 170th Avenue, 198th Avenue, 209th Avenue, and Cornelius Pass Road. These pedestrian parkways and regional pedestrian corridors connect to and through pedestrian districts. Bicycle parkways are the highest functional class for regional bicycle routes, forming the spine of the regional and local bicycle network, connecting to and through bicycle districts. These routes are located in each of the region’s Mobility Corridors and are spaced approximately every two miles. The RATP identifies the following routes as bicycle parkways within the Moving Forward TV Highway study area: TV Highway, Farmington Road, Turf to Surf Trail, Westside Trail, and Reedville Trail. Regional bikeways are the second highest functional classification and connect to the bicycle parkways, providing an interconnected regional network. Regional bikeways were identified on 170th Avenue, 185th Avenue, 198th Avenue, 209th Avenue, Cornelius Pass Road, and Kinnaman Road. Finally, local bikeways connect to bicycle parkways and regional bikeways. The Regional Mobility Corridors Atlas (Metro, 2009) introduced the mobility corridor concept to reflect the region’s integrated transportation system, incorporating parallel networks of freeways, arterials, regional trails, high capacity transit, and frequent bus as cohesive multimodal corridors. The regional mobility corridors reflect where travel movement is particularly important and should be facilitated to meet the RTP performance standards. The mobility corridor framework requires consideration of multiple facilities, modes, and land use when identifying transportation solutions for these key corridors. The TV Highway corridor between Beaverton and Hillsboro is one of nine Washington County corridors in the regional mobility corridor system (Corridor #14). Metro updated the atlas in 2015 to reflect current mobility patterns, identified Beaverton to Hillsboro as one of the 24 regional mobility corridors, encompassing TV Highway, US 26, MAX light rail, parallel arterial streets as well as transit service and bicycle routes that support movement in and through the corridor. The atlas visualizes land use and transportation data to help planners and decision-makers understand existing system conditions, identify needs, and prioritize mobility investments. The Pedestrian Network Analysis Project (TriMet 2011) assessed the availability of pedestrian amenities, such as sidewalks and crosswalks, near high-ridership transit stops throughout the region. Locations with a significant concentration of high-ridership transit stops, a relatively high density and mix of land uses, and an observed

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deficiency of pedestrian facilities, were advanced as “focus areas” for further site study and consideration of solutions. According to the analysis, Washington County contains four focus areas where safer access to transit should be prioritized, including wider sidewalks, enhanced and more frequent pedestrian crossings, pedestrian pathways, and bus shelters. While none of these focus areas are located in the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan study area, the report includes a design toolkit and policy recommendations for transportation system plans that can be applied broadly to other transit facilities in order to help foster safe and comfortable pedestrian environments. The TriMet Bike Plan (2016) developed a blueprint for greater integration between bicycles and transit in the Portland metro region, including the use of bicycles to support increased access to transit. Among other elements, the plan identified policies, strategies, and projects to meet this goal, including priority locations for bicycle facility improvements that facilitate first-mile/last-mile connections to transit, bicycle parking and “end of trip” facilities at stops/stations to reduce the need to bring bicycles on board transit vehicles, greater accommodations of bikes on-board buses and trains while considering the needs of other riders, and improve bike and bus interactions along transit corridors. Priority bicycle access projects were identified in several Washington County locations, including downtown Beaverton, Washington Square, downtown Hillsboro, Aloha, the Merlo MAX station area, and downtown Tigard. In Aloha, the plan identified the importance of the planned rebuilds of 198th and 209th avenues south of TV Highway to provide bicycle facilities and improve access to Line 57 service along TV Highway. The plan also identified focus areas for improved bicycle parking in Washington County, including secure bike parking at the Fair Complex MAX station, covered bike parking oasis with electronic-access bike lockers at Merlo Road MAX station, and basic bike racks at bus stops along TV Highway in Aloha (including the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan study area) and Hillsboro. The Westside Service Enhancement Plan (TriMet, 2013) is the regional transit agency’s most recent comprehensive service planning effort that outlined a future transit vision for Hillsboro, Beaverton, Forest Grove, Cornelius and unincorporated Washington County north a of Scholls Ferry Road. The Westside Service Enhancement Plan (WSEP) looked at improving transit connections between growth areas on the Westside by proposing new or realigned service, improving service span and frequencies, and expanding the reach of transit through community connector shuttles in areas difficult to serve by fixed-route buses. The major themes of the WSEP were to improve transit access and mobility by expanding north-south service to complete the grid of transit routes in Washington County, upgrading several existing high-utilization lines to Frequent Service (15 minute service or better, all day, 7 days a week), increasing local bus frequencies to 15 minute during peak and 30 minutes at minimum during off-peak, and implementing transit priority treatments to reduce rider delays. Within the study area, the WSEP suggested an alternatives analysis to determine the most appropriate form of transit enhancements for Line 57 on TV Highway, including rapid bus with signal priority and bus lane treatments, or potential high-capacity modes such as MAX or WES extensions. Other improvements focused on new or improved north-south service on cross-streets:

• Extending Line 67-Bethany/158th from Merlo/SW 158th MAX station south to Tigard TC via 170th Avenue. • Upgrading Line 52-Farmington/185th to Frequent Service. • Extending Line 88-Hart/198th from Willow Creek TC to North Hillsboro Industrial Area, which would

improve connections to and from the study area. • Realigning Line 47-Baseline/Evergreen to South Hillsboro for additional north-south service to the study

area. Note: the WSEP originally proposed Century Boulevard as the new route for Line 47 between Orenco and South Hillsboro, which is outside of the project study area. However, TriMet has since revised the route to turn east onto Main Street and south on Cornelius Pass Road to access South Hillsboro, which forms part of the study area’s western boundary.

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In an effort to make transit more attractive and help build ridership, the WSEP emphasized the importance of filling in sidewalk gaps, building safe crossings, and upgrading stops to include landing pads (and shelters) to allow pedestrians to access the nearby transit stop, especially those using mobility devices. The plan identified TV Highway, 185th Avenue, and Farmington Road as Opportunity Areas for pedestrian access improvements and recommended developing the recommendations within the TV Highway Corridor Plan. The Washington County Transportation System Plan (2015) is an element of the County Comprehensive Plan and serves as the 20-year guiding document for multimodal transportation system improvements and operations for Washington County – establishing the policies, projects and programs necessary to achieve the County’s transportation goals and objectives. The TSP includes specific classifications for the transportation system located in the project study area. The TSP identifies the functional classification, number of existing or future lanes, freight designation, transit service, and long-term jurisdiction for all roadways within Washington County. In addition, the TSP also includes pedestrian and bicycle facility designations. Table 2 below includes the TSP designations for all arterial and collector roadways within in the project study area. The TSP designates TV Highway as a Refinement Area to reflect the need to define a long-term transit solution. The TSP calls for additional land area to be preserved to not preclude High Capacity Transit (HCT) uses, including Business Access and Transit (BAT) lane in the westbound direction and Bus pullouts in the eastbound direction until a refinement plan determines otherwise. This plan is intended to address this refinement area designation. The TSP designates the Aloha Town Center area (included in the Metro 2040 Growth Concept) as a “Pedestrian/Bicycle District”, which is an identified area where high use by pedestrians and cyclists is either observed or intended due to a combination of existing and/or proposed land uses, density, land use mix, community design, availability of transit service, and/or the provision of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. As arterials with four or more lanes with transit service, TV Highway and 185th Avenue through the project study area are designated as “Enhanced Crossing Study Corridors” where new, additional, or enhanced pedestrian crossings should be evaluated for possible implementation, along with Farmington Road between Kinnaman Road and 160th Avenue. Consistent with the Regional Active Transportation Plan these roadways are also classified as “Pedestrian Parkways”, which are major urban thoroughfares that have the potential for significant pedestrian activity, due to the provision of transit service, a relatively high intensity and mix of land uses, and/or the continuous nature of the route as it passes through one or more communities. These locations, in addition to Kinnaman Road between 185th Avenue and Kinnaman Road, are where enhanced sidewalks and crossings are encouraged to facilitate a safe, comfortable walking environment and help people reach transit stops and other destinations across wide and busy streets.

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Table 2. TSP Designations for Arterial and Collector Roadways within Study Area Roadway Functional

Classification Number of Lanes

Long-Term Jurisdiction

Freight Designation

Pedestrian/Bicycle Designation

Future Transit

TV Highway Arterial (Refinement Area)

4-5 lanes State Over-Dimensional Truck Route

Pedestrian Parkway; Enhanced Major Street Bikeway; Regional Trail Refinement Area ________________ 178th-192nd: Streetscape Overlay

Frequent Bus Service or High Capacity Transit (57)

185th Avenue Arterial 4-5 lanes County Truck Route Pedestrian Parkway; Enhanced Major Street Bikeway ________________ Johnson-Blanton: Streetscape Overlay

Frequent Bus Service (52)

170th Avenue Arterial 4-5 lanes County Truck Route Enhanced Major Street Bikeway ________________ Alexander-Blanton: Streetscape Overlay

Regular Bus Service (67)

209th Avenue Arterial (south of TV Hwy)

4-5 lanes County Truck Route Enhanced Major Street Bikeway

N/A

Collector (north of TV Hwy)

N/A City (if annexed)

N/A Major Street Bikeway N/A

Cornelius Pass Road

Arterial 4-5 lanes County Truck Route Major Street Bikeway N/A*

Farmington Rd

Arterial 4-5 lanes County Truck Route Pedestrian Parkway; Enhanced Major Street Bikeway

Frequent Bus Service (52)

Kinnaman Rd Collector 2-3 lanes City (if annexed)

N/A 185th-Kinnaman: Pedestrian Parkway; Streetscape Overlay ________________ Enhanced Major Street Bikeway

N/A

Alexander Street

Collector 2-3 lanes City (if annexed)

N/A Major Street Bikeway ________________ 178th-192nd: Streetscape Overlay

N/A

Johnson Street

Collector (Proposed east of 174th Avenue)

2-3 lanes (west of 185th Avenue)

City (if annexed)

N/A Major Street Bikeway (Proposed east of 174th Avenue)

N/A

Blanton Street Collector (west of 170th Avenue)

N/A City (if annexed)


198th Avenue Collector 2-3 lanes (north of Alexander Street)

City (if annexed)

N/A Major Street Bikeway Regular Bus Service (88)

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Roadway Functional Classification

Number of Lanes

Long-Term Jurisdiction

Freight Designation

Pedestrian/Bicycle Designation

Future Transit

4-5 lanes (Alexander to Blanton Street)

City (if annexed)


2-3 lanes (south of Blanton Street)

City (if annexed)


160th Avenue Collector 4-5 lanes City (if annexed)


* TriMet has since proposed adding regular bus service to Cornelius Pass Road within the study area. Between 178th and 192nd avenues in Aloha Town Center, TV Highway is designated as a “Streetscape Overlay”, defined in the TSP as segments of urban roadway in which enhanced pedestrian features, expanded pedestrian facility dimensions and place-making amenities are encouraged in order to facilitate a comfortable and attractive walking environment, and to leverage community and economic development. This designation also applies to the following segments, most of which were originally identified in the Aloha-Reedville study:

• 185th Avenue between Blanton and Johnson streets • 170th Avenue between Alexander and Blanton streets • Kinnaman Road between 185th Avenue and Farmington Road • Alexander Street between 178th and 192nd avenues

The TSP classifies all arterials and collectors within the urbanized area as “Major Street Bikeway”, where a six-foot bicycle lane or buffered bike lane is generally considered sufficient to accommodate cyclists. Urban collectors with low traffic volumes and speeds that are currently not built to urban standards may use an interim shared roadway design such as a neighborhood bikeway. Several urban arterials and collectors have been designed as an “Enhanced Major Street Bikeway” where buffered or protected bicycle lanes exist or are desired based on land use context, access to transit service, and roadway characteristics. These roadways may have higher traffic volumes, higher travel speeds, and /or are designated for three or more lanes where additional separation is desired between the bikeway and vehicular traffic. The TV Highway corridor is designated as a “Regional Trail Refinement Area” where a Regional Trail (the Turf-to-Surf Trail directly south of the PNWR line) is proposed but the specific alignment is not yet determined. In addition, the planned Reedville Trail is a north-south Regional Trail that would intersect TV Highway at roughly 216th Avenue. At the eastern end of the study area, the Westside Trail is intended to cross TV Highway at the Millikan Way/160th Avenue intersection, where it is temporarily an on-street facility. However, infrastructure upgrades are needed along Millikan Way/160th Avenue and Blanton Street to create a seamless on-street connection between the disconnected off-street trail segments. Washington County conducted a geographic Transit Service Needs Analysis as part of the TSP, using existing transit service levels and 2035 housing and employment growth projections to determine whether a location is well-served by transit based on reasonable walking distance to the nearest transit stop (defined as ¼ mile for regular bus and ½ mile for frequent service bus and light rail). Based on this metric, the majority of the project study area was considered to be “well-served by transit” given the level of transit service and projected density of future housing and jobs. There were two locations that were deemed only “appropriately served by transit”, Aloha Town Center and South Hillsboro, using the reasoning that these areas may justify higher service levels given their anticipated growth.

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In addition, the TSP identifies TV Highway east of 185th Avenue as one of the corridors where peak period minimum performance standards for congestion are likely to be exceeded, and the section between 170th Avenue and Cedar Hills Boulevard is forecasted for future congestion (defined as where hourly direction traffic volume is at least 90 percent of estimated roadway capacity) that exceeds eight hours per day. The TSP also includes a SPIS list maintained by the county for intersections where the county has jurisdiction over at least one approaching segment. Table 3 shows all intersections measured in the County SPIS. These locations are ranked according to crash frequency, crash rate (per entering vehicles) and crash severity. During the 2012-2014 period, five of the top 15 ranked intersections in the county were located within the project study area, all of which are along TV Highway. Other safety concerns are more difficult to measure, such as the lack of pedestrian or bicycling activity in locations where there are no designated facilities or existing facilities are perceived as unsafe or uncomfortable. In these cases, statistics may not show a record of pedestrian or bicycle crashes, but the lack of safe facilities creates a condition that needs to be addressed. The TV Highway Corridor Plan (ODOT and Washington County, 2013) was initiated to help identify multimodal transportation improvements in the TV Highway corridor over a near-term, 15-year timeframe that are compatible with adopted regulations, policies and plans of the multiple jurisdictions responsible for TV Highway, (Washington County, ODOT, Hillsboro, and Beaverton). A list of these near-term recommendations and updated status is included in Table 4. Table 4. TV Highway Corridor Plan Near-Term Recommendations

Mode Recommendation Status

Transit Bus stop improvements such as concrete landing pads, benches, and shelters at 192nd Avenue (south side), 185th Avenue (south side), and 178th Avenue

Completed at 178th (EB) and 185th (both directions); STIP project includes upgraded bus stop at 178th westbound

Transit Add bus stop pullouts on the south side where possible Added at 185th and Cornelius Pass; being considered as part of Century/TV Hwy 209th Avenue/ TV Hwy MSTIP High Growth projects

Table 3. Study Area Intersections in County SPIS (2012-2014)

SPIS Rank Primary Street Cross Street

5 TV Highway 185th Avenue





43 Farmington Rd 170th Avenue

46 TV Highway 192nd Avenue

56 Cornelius Pass Rd Johnson Street


100 Alexander Street 187th Avenue

110 Farmington Rd Kinnaman Road

113 185th Avenue Johnson Street


141 185th Avenue Kinnaman Rd

154 TV Highway Cornelius Pass Rd

195 170th Avenue Shaw Street

217 192nd Avenue Johnson Street

233 170th Avenue Blanton Street

235 185th Avenue Blanton Street (East)

237 198th Avenue Alexander Street


273 Blanton Street 188th Avenue

296 198th Avenue Kinnaman Road (East)

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Transit Line 57 service enhancements (lower headways, transit signal priority, and possibility of limited stop runs in peak hours)

Currently ongoing with Frequent Service now completely restored; service added in Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, and Spring 2016; TriMet FY 18-19 budget includes 24 hour service on Line 57; transit signal priority being evaluated in Regional Active Transportation Management Project

Transit Future study to evaluate potential long-term high capacity transit (HCT) alternatives, including additional transit priority treatments such as Business Access and Transit (BAT) lanes and queue jumps where appropriate to improve speed and reliability

Currently ongoing

Auto Signal timing optimization, intersection modifications to address safety and mobility, and left-turn signal improvements

Currently ongoing; signal optimization being evaluated in Regional Active Transportation Management Project; intersection improvement projects planned at Century, Cornelius Pass, and 209th (MSTIP HG)

Ped/Bike More street lighting along the entire corridor. New street lighting added between 178th-187th and between 214th- 73rd

Ped/Bike Improved pedestrian crossings (such as marked crosswalks, median refuge islands, curb extensions, rapid flash beacons, traffic signals, and warning signage, as appropriate) at 214th Avenue, 192nd Avenue, 185th Avenue, 174th Avenue and 165th Avenue.

Completed at 185th; STIP Safety and Access to Transit projects will construct enhanced crossing at 192nd and 165th, and evaluate 214th and 174th for potential crossing improvements

Ped/Bike Studying the feasibility of a multi-use path on the south side of TV Highway.

Currently ongoing with Shaw Street Multi-Use Trail planning

Ped/Bike Filling in sidewalk gaps and adding a landscape buffer on the north side.

Landscape buffer added between 214th and Cornelius Pass; STIP Access to Transit projects adding walkways between 160th and 153rd and filling gaps near Street. Mary’s Home and 182nd Avenue

Ped/Bike Adding wayfinding signage directing pedestrians and bicyclists to nearby transit facilities, schools, parks and other community attractions.

No update

Ped/Bike Completing bike lanes between 192nd Avenue and 182nd Avenue. No update

Ped/Bike Improving bicycle crossings of TV Highway with green pavement treatments, bike lane extensions, shared lane markings, bike boxes and other bike enhancements at 209th Avenue, 192nd Avenue, 185th Avenue, 174th Avenue, and 170th Avenue.

No update

Ped/Bike Developing continuous east-west parallel bike routes on the north side (Driveake-Johnson-Alexander) and south side (Alexander-Blanton) of TV Highway.

No update

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The TVCP recommends several implementation actions as public and private funding opportunities arise to finance transportation improvements within the TVCP Project Area over the course of the 15-year planning horizon and beyond, including:

• Encouraging private contributions by developers to implement the near term improvements, including reserving right-of-way for future transportation improvements.

• Considering the acquisition of land for the development of a westbound BAT lane as redevelopment opportunities arise on TV Highway.

• Improving existing north-south routes for all modes to reduce travel demand on TV Highway and congestion at intersections, such as Cornelius Pass Road, 209th Avenue, 198th Avenue, 185th Avenue, and 170th Avenue would provide the greatest benefit to the overall transportation system.

• As properties redevelop, implementing access management techniques along TV Highway between 198th Avenue and 170th Avenue to reduce conflicts and improve bicycle and pedestrian safety.

The following long-term actions in Table 5 are recommended to fully address the TVCP goals and objectives, but whose implementation is anticipated to occur beyond the near-term time horizon of the TVCP. Several of the following recommended actions build upon the planning and analysis work completed in the near- term, and will be evaluated as part of the Moving Forward TV Highway Plan or in separate planning efforts. Table 5. TV Highway Corridor Plan Long-Term Recommendations


Transit Implementing multi-use path on south side of TV Highway. Currently ongoing with Shaw Street Multi-Use Trail planning

Transit New north-south bus service would connect the communities of South Hillsboro and Aloha-Reedville to the North Hillsboro, Tanasbourne/Amberglen, Bethany, and Sunset Corridor Employment areas, thereby reducing long-distance regional commute trips by SOVs.

Proposed in Westside Service Enhancement Plan; County, city and agency partners are exploring service priorities and implementation through a Countywide Transit Study

Transit Implementing long-term transit solution for TV Highway. Currently ongoing with this process

Ped/Bike Completing regional trails within the corridor, including the Beaverton Creek Trail, to improve off-street bicycle and pedestrian connectivity.

Within the next 5 years Beaverton Creek Trail to be constructed just east of project area boundary.

Auto Additional capacity improvements to TV Highway intersections to maintain mobility, including the possibility of grade-separated intersections.

Within project area 209th Avenue/ TV Hwy MSTIP High Growth project

Various Providing new streets to improve local connectivity around TV Highway, reducing the need for drivers to use TV Highway for short local trips. Land for new connected streets could be dedicated as part of local redevelopment adjacent to TV Highway.

South Hillsboro will provide new east-west streets to improve local connectivity.

The Aloha-Reedville Study and Livable Communities Plan (Washington County, 2014) was a three-year process with the primary goal of identifying strategies to support job growth, business development, affordable housing options and transportation solutions in the urban unincorporated area of Aloha-Reedville. As a location with a high concentration of historically under-represented populations, the plan made a targeted effort to engage with members of the community on land use and transportation barriers that may be impeding private development and redevelopment investments. The study also explored major corridor land use and transportation

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improvements that will accommodate anticipated future growth in the area, including streetscape enhancements, intersection safety and capacity improvements, prioritization of County collector and arterial roadway construction build-outs (to ultimate standards), a pedestrian and bicycle plan, and identifying targeted areas for future development/redevelopment for private, public, or combined investments. The study also examined strategies that will maintain and increase housing that is affordable to the range of incomes represented in the area. The following illustrates the key findings and recommendations:

• Active transportation infrastructure investments are critical to move the community toward a more livable, healthy, and sustainable future. The priority improvements are suggested through the lens of providing more safe, affordable travel options for everyone, economic development, community placemaking, and transportation equity.

• Over half of all public streets south of TV Highway and 20 percent of streets north of TV Highway are

lacking sidewalks. The safety concerns are most acute on arterials and collectors that lack sidewalks, such as 209th Avenue and Kinnaman Road that provide the most continuous walking routes, albeit where traffic speeds and volumes are heaviest. Patchwork development patterns have resulted in sidewalks that stop and start multiple times in a block, while open drainage ditches force pedestrians to walk in the roadway and are expensive to retrofit.

• Crossing arterial corridors safely is a major impediment to walking and bicycling, with TV Highway

highlighted for especially treacherous conditions. ODOT maintains a Safety Prioritization Index System (SPIS) that classifies roadway segments into Categories 1 through 5 (with 5 having the worst safety record). TV Highway is designated as a Category 5 road, which equates to more than ten crashes per five-mile segment over a three-year period. Approximately one-third of all fatal and serious injury crashes along the TV Highway corridor involved a person walking or bicycling; these crashes most commonly occurred between 170th and 198th avenues. The five-year average crash rate along TV Highway was 30% higher than crash rates for similar ODOT facilities throughout the rest of the state. Signalized crossings of this high volume corridor are spaced approximately every third of a mile, but the density of bus stops, intersecting streets and commercial destinations creates additional crossing demand between those signals. This results in pedestrians often crossing TV Highway at uncontrolled locations to reach a bus stop, including at night when the largely unlit corridor poses visibility problems.

• The location of the Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR) line creates additional challenges for transportation improvements and the ability to improve street design on the south side of TV Highway. It creates a barrier to creating connections to neighborhoods on the south side of TV Highway, where residents have limited options to cross the rail line to access TV Highway or transit.

• Bicycle connectivity remains a concern for the Aloha-Reedville area, as bike lanes (required on all new or

reconstructed arterial and collector roads by state and county policy) are absent on 25 percent of arterials and more than 90 percent absent on collectors. Particular gaps of concern include 170th Avenue (between Merlo Road and Alexander Street), Kinnaman Road and 198th Avenue. In other cases where bicycle lanes do exist, prevailing travel speeds and heavy volumes do not create an encouraging environment for children, older adults or inexperienced cyclists – TV Highway and 185th Avenue included.

• Several opportunities exist to create parallel bicycle routes on lower-traffic neighborhood streets such as Alexander and Blanton streets on either side of TV Highway.

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• The off-street trail network has yet to reach its potential, with several facilities such as Turf-to-Surf Trail, Westside Trail, and Reedville Trail in various stages of planning, design, or completion within the study area. Several shorter trails connecting neighborhoods can be found within park and open space properties such as Arnold, Melilah, and Traschel Meadows parks.

• In 2012, about 14 percent of households and 20 percent of children in Aloha-Reedville lived below the

federal poverty line – a higher proportion than in Washington County and the Portland region as a whole. About 5 percent of households in Aloha-Reedville did not have access to a private vehicle and 30% of households have only one vehicle available, in a community with an average household size of 3.04 people.

• The study identified the need for further refinement in Aloha Town Center and along the TV Highway

Corridor to promote vibrant and pedestrian-friendly environments, including building orientation, setbacks, building entries, building design, parking location, and signs. By extension, increasing density in this location will help support the justification for increased investment in transit service, including frequency improvements and enhanced bus treatments. This refinement plan would articulate a community-led vision for the town center area and eventually resulted in the Aloha Tomorrow project.

A list of these recommendations and updated status is included in Table 6. Table 6. Aloha-Reedville Study Recommended Actions

Mode Recommendation Location Status

Ped/Bike

Reconstruct to urban standards with sidewalks, bicycle lanes, mid-block crossings, and improved lighting

198th Avenue – TV Highway to Farmington Road Committed, MSTIP 3e

170th Avenue – Merlo Road to Alexander Street Committed, MSTIP 3e (design and potential ROW acquisition only)

Kinnaman Road – 209th Avenue to Farmington Road

Identified Need

209th Avenue – TV Highway to Farmington Road Committed, MSTIP 3e (TV Hwy to Kinnaman)

185th Avenue – Kinnaman Road to Blanton Street Identified Need

Alexander Street – 192nd Avenue to 178th Avenue Committed, MSTIP 3e (design and potential ROW acquisition only)

Farmington Road – Kinnaman Rd to 209th Avenue Identified Need

Ped/Bike Construct pedestrian crossing improvements at high-priority locations

185th Avenue - Baseline Road to TV Highway Currently ongoing; County recently completed Arterial Pedestrian Crossing Analyses Project which recommended potential crossings in several locations:

170th Avenue – Merlo Road to Farmington Road

Ped/Bike Work with THPRD and property owners to explore the feasibility of

Connecting 180th Terrace, the International School of Beaverton and the intersection of 180th Avenue and Vincent Lane through Arnold Park.

Identified Need

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Mode Recommendation Location Status pedestrian/bicycle accessways and consider making accessways an eligible expenditure in the Washington County Minor Betterments and Urban Road Maintenance District Safety programs.

Connecting Kinnaman Road with Butternut Street adjacent to Washington County Housing Authority properties.

Connecting 163rd Avenue with Shelton Street through an open space area.

Ped/Bike Construct concrete sidewalks or asphalt walkways to improve walking access to schools

188th Avenue (side of street TBD) – Blanton Street to Kinnaman Road

Identified Need

Florence Street (south side) – 175th Avenue to 170th Avenue

Identified Need

175th Avenue (east side) – Blanton Street to Florence Street

Identified Need

180th Avenue (east side) – Vincent Street to Kinnaman Road

Identified Need

193rd Avenue (west side) – Blanton Street to Kinnaman ES

Identified Need

Blanton Street (south side) – 193rd Avenue to 185th Avenue

Identified Need

Johnson Street (side of street TBD) – 209th Avenue to 198th Avenue

Identified Need

178th Avenue – TV Highway to Johnson Street Completed, Gain Share

173rd Avenue – Shaw Street to Florence Street Completed, Minor Betterment

Kinnaman Road - Farmington Road to 185th (interim improvement)

Identified Need (Permanent facility)

Blanton Street – 170th Avenue to 185th Avenue (interim improvement)

Identified Need (Permanent facility)

Maintain the list of unselected sidewalk/connectivity project candidates (included in the Background section of the 2014 Aloha-Reedville Addressing Sidewalk Gaps Near Schools issue paper) for the purposes of future project development

Currently ongoing

Ped/Bike Install marked crosswalks and supporting infrastructure as deemed appropriate through engineering analysis

Kinnaman Road at 188th Avenue Identified Need

173rd Avenue at Florence Street

Kinnaman Road at 202nd Avenue

Ped/Bike Work with regional partners and property owners to build out the

Reedville Trail: Highest implementation priority between Baseline Road and Johnson Street

Identified Need

Beaverton Creek Trail: Extend west through Aloha

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Mode Recommendation Location Status planned regional trail network and determine level of interest at the county leadership level in Washington County taking on a greater role in trail development

Turf-to-Surf Trail: Highest implementation priority between Century Boulevard and Shaw Street

Westside Trail: Pursue long-term undercrossing of TV Highway and improved crossing of Farmington Road east of 160th Avenue

Ped/Bike Neighborhood Bikeways Identify two east-west neighborhood bikeway routes near TV Highway and one north-south route near 185th Avenue through Washington County Neighborhood Bikeway Plan process. Potential east-west options were Johnson, Alexander, Shaw, and Blanton streets, and potential north-south options were 178th, 179th, 180th, 187th, 188th, 190th, 191st, and 192nd avenues

Identified Need; Neighborhood Bikeways Plan identified the following N-S routes: Johnson, Blanton, Vincent/ Florence/ Shelton, and Pike/Shelley. Identified E-W routes were identified 178th, 180th, 187th, 188th and 199th/202nd/203rd (through Intel and Market Centre).

Pursue early pilot project in Aloha-Reedville to include wayfinding signage (could help leverage Blanton Street intersection realignment needed at 198th and 185th avenues) and perform bicycle traffic counts on the designated street before and after this and subsequent neighborhood bikeway projects.

Identified Need

Pursue education and encouragement initiatives upon completion of neighborhood bikeways including neighborhood-scale bike and walking maps that include accessways

Identified Need

Ped/Bike Provide additional pedestrian crossing opportunities of the PNWR tracks adjacent to Shaw Street

Locations TBD Identified Need

Transit Work with TriMet on transit service and access enhancements identified in Westside SEP

Various locations Currently ongoing

Various Road classification changes in TSP

TV Highway (Maple Street to Hocken Street) – Change from 6/7 to 4/5 lanes with On-Street High Capacity Transit overlay

Completed

209th Avenue (TV Highway to Farmington Road) – Change 2/3 lanes to 4/5 lanes

Completed

Farmington Road (209th Avenue to 185th Avenue) – Change 2/3 lanes to 4/5 lanes

Completed

Intersection re-alignments: Blanton Street at 198th Avenue; Kinnaman Road at 198th Avenue; Blanton Street at 185th Avenue

Committed, MSTIP 3e (Blanton/198th, Kinnaman/198th)

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Mode Recommendation Location Status

Select neighborhood routes and local street designation

Completed

Identified bicycle and pedestrian route and connections

Completed

Various Improve street lighting along major streets

TV Highway: Highest priority between 192nd and 178th avenues

Completed between 178th and 187th

185th Avenue: Highest priority between Alexander and Blanton streets

Completed

Incorporate lighting improvements in all MSTIP projects

Currently ongoing

Various Coordinate with Agency Partners on South Hillsboro and TV Highway Corridor Planning Efforts

Tualatin Valley Highway, 182nd to 187th Safety Improvement Project - traffic separator east and west on TV Highway, sign replacement, count-down pedestrian crossing signals, re-alignment of right turn island from northbound 185th to east bound TV Highway.

Completed

Install pedestrian-scale lighting along TV Highway corridor roughly 182nd Avenue to 187th Avenue

Completed

Develop and agree on funding strategy to address transportation impacts of South Hillsboro development on nearby streets and intersections

Completed

Filling sidewalk, bike lane gaps, and adding street lighting from 192nd to 178th Avenues

Sidewalk gaps persist around Aloha Villa (182nd) on north side, and all along south side except in vicinity of 185th; additional lighting needed between 187th – 192nd

Designing and installing pedestrian, bicycle and safety improvements at the 185th Avenue intersection

Improved sidewalks and lighting, still lacking bike lanes.

Adding a pedestrian crossing at the 192nd Avenue intersection

STIP Safety and Access project will add new crossing in 2020

Enhancing the appearance and function of raised traffic separators and islands that are planned for TV Highway at the 192nd Avenue intersection between 187th and 182nd Avenues.

Raised traffic separators added between 187th and 182nd

The Aloha-Reedville study also included the following planning and policy recommendations:

• Develop a Streetscape Plan for the Aloha Town Center that advances the Alexander Street main street concept towards final design and construction, conducts a signalization study at the proposed Alexander/185th crossing, and designs a streetscape demonstration project for TV Highway between 192nd and 178th avenues.

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• Add a “Pedestrian Oriented Street Overlay” as part of the next TSP update that provides policy guidance for the location and type of desired pedestrian amenities and serves as a basis for future amendments to the county’s development regulations. (Note: This was completed during the 2015 TSP update with several streets classified as a “Streetscape Overlay”.)

• Amend the Community Development Code to encourage residential mixed-use development in the town center, modifying lot coverage standards, and require new projects to incorporate pedestrian-oriented design elements that activate the streetscape, such as maximum front building setbacks, orienting building entrance locations toward the sidewalk, window area minimums for street-facing building facades, and limiting locations of vehicle parking areas to the side and rear of buildings.

The Aloha Tomorrow (Washington County, 2017) project developed implementation steps to advance detailed land use and transportation recommendations for the Town Center Focus Area centered at TV Highway and 185th Avenue, supporting a community vision for a walkable, vibrant, and livable town center with a mix of commercial, residential, and civic uses. The recommendations are intended to take local actions to improve access to existing transit and create transit-supportive land uses, which may help grow transit ridership, making the corridor a more competitive for scarce federal transit funding. Several of these recommendations are summarized below.

• Conceptualize a new community “main street environment” oriented along Alexander Street to help support the land use vision of mixed-use, medium-rise development at transit-supportive densities within the Town Center Focus Area. This concept includes traffic-calming features like raised crosswalks to slow traffic and create a welcoming environment for pedestrians, with a signalized pedestrian and bicycle crossing of 185th Avenue, but could accommodate driveway access as needed. The County has earmarked Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program (MSTIP) funds to design improvements to Alexander Street.

• Support a mixed-use project with affordable housing to catalyze additional private investment in the Town Center

• Work with partners such as THPRD to plan a new park between 182nd and 178th avenues as an opportunity to establish a much-needed community gathering space.

• Enact code and plan updates to create two new land use districts that reinforce the range of commercial and residential uses currently allowed, expand the areas where a mixed-use development is allowed. Updated development standards are intended to make the area more pedestrian and transit oriented by orienting buildings and entryways toward the sidewalk, reduce or eliminate setbacks from the edge of the property line, locate parking to the side or rear of buildings, activating the streetscape with ground-floor retail, and other elements.

• Update the Aloha-Reedville-Cooper Mountain Community Plan and Transportation System Plan to create requirements for providing non-motorized connections through large parcels as they are redeveloped to improve permeability for people walking and bicycling.

• Establish nodes along TV Highway to encourage new transit-oriented communities, such as where a north-south bus line intersects the corridor either currently or in the future (examples within the study area include Cornelius Pass Road, 198th Avenue, 185th Avenue, and 170th Avenue). Section 380 of the CDC (Convenient Access to Transit Overlay District) requires buildings and entrances to be oriented to streets in the areas near transit stops, but may require changes that refine the definition of “major bus stops” to meet desired policy outcomes and expand the perimeter around transit nodes where multifamily residential and mixed-use developments must comply with overlay district regulations.

The project also provided broader transit recommendations for the TV Highway corridor, including high capacity transit between Beaverton and Hillsboro. To that end, three potential performance concepts for improved bus service on TV Highway that encompass a wide range of tools and treatments, with progressively greater levels of capital investment, stop amenities, and transit service include the following:

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• Enhanced Transit Service: This scenario would include technological and operational enhancements with

improved stop amenities and access to transit stops. These modifications might include signal upgrades, enhanced pedestrian crossings, ADA ramps, bus shelters, and sidewalk infill, but would not include any significant bus-only lanes. While this level of transit investment would likely not meet requirements for federal grant funding through the Federal Transit Administration’s Small Smarts program, these transit enhancements could be useful in the short term for increasing ridership and will improve competitiveness for future funding opportunities.

• Corridor-Based Bus Rapid Transit: This scenario would include operational enhancements, improved access to transit stops, and targeted improvements to improve transit travel times. This scenario also could include bus-only lanes or other physical changes to the roadway to improve transit speed and reliability. Focusing on operational improvements with targeted guideway elements is a potential medium-term solution that could form the basis of a competitive FTA Small Starts funding application and potential award.

• Fixed-Guideway Bus Rapid Transit: This scenario would include operational improvements, improved access to transit stops, and significant fixed guideway elements for transit. Buses would travel in exclusive lanes for more than 50 percent of the corridor’s length. Because of the limited available right-of-way and potential for high impact, a bus rapid transit project with significant reaches of separated right-of-way would likely need to be advanced in conjunction with a highway corridor project that shifts the TV Highway centerline north, away from the railroad. Note: This concept was removed from further consideration due to potential cost and right-of-way impacts.

Aloha Tomorrow also proposed several access and safety enhancements to transit stops, building off recommendations set forth in previous plans. These enhancements include improving ADA access to bus stops, adding stop amenities, improving traffic signals to enhance transit efficiency, and adding or improving pedestrian crossings of TV Highway, and are comprised of the following elements, from west to east:

• Proposed station and reconfigured signal at Cornelius Pass Road • Proposed station and pedestrian crossing at 214th Avenue • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at 209th Avenue • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at Aloha Intel Campus • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at 198th Avenue • Proposed station and new signal at 192nd Avenue • Proposed station and pedestrian crossing at 187th Avenue • Proposed reconfigured signal at 185th Avenue • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at 178th Avenue • Proposed station and pedestrian crossing at 174th Avenue • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at 170th Avenue • Proposed station and new signal at Street. Mary’s Home for Boys • Proposed station and reconfigured signal at 160th Avenue

Several of the above crossing enhancements may be constructed as part of two programmed corridor safety and access to transit improvement projects in the Oregon Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP), which Technical Memorandum #2 will describe in further detail. The project included a preliminary off-street concept for the Turf-to-Surf Trail that will eventually connect Lake Oswego to the Oregon Coast. This concept would construct a multi-use trail between Shaw Street and the Portland and Western Railroad (PNWR) tracks between 198th and 160th avenues, and would include trail

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overcrossings at 185th Avenue and 170th Avenue. New pedestrian/bicycle connections across the tracks may be necessary to improve access to TV Highway and nearby neighborhoods, but they have yet to be formally identified. The Washington County Freight Study (Westside Economic Alliance, 2017), included Washington County, Port of Portland, and other entities as study sponsors, and used freight-specific data and analysis to identify and prioritize infrastructure issues within Washington County that impact freight. The purpose of the study was to inform the development of regional, state and federal funding requests and need for road improvements. The study identified TV Highway as a key area of freight operational delay and unreliability, based on several evaluation metrics (freight delay, travel time reliability, safety, future growth and whether the corridor was identified by stakeholders or in a previous plan as a freight congestion location). In particular, westbound TV Highway between OR 217 and 209th was classified as a highest-priority “Tier 1 Investment Need”, while eastbound between Brookwood and OR 217 was categorized as a lower-priority Tier 2 need. Outside of the project study area, additional Tier 2 needs are identified along TV Highway in Hillsboro. The Arterial Pedestrian Crossings Project (Washington County, 2017) selected eight pedestrian crossings on 170th and 185th avenues and Baseline Road for survey and design work, and was funded by a Metro Regional Flexible Funds grant. While no funding is yet available for construction, the survey and design work will help secure additional grants and other sources to fund crossing improvements when larger road projects are scheduled. The crossing locations within the study area are in the following locations:

• 170th Avenue at Johnson Street • 170th Avenue at Florence Street • 185th Avenue at Sandra Lane • 185th Avenue at Cascade Driveive • 185th Avenue at Blanton Street (offset intersections)

The Regional Active Transportation Management (ATM) Project (ODOT and Washington County, ongoing) was funded in part by a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant and will upgrade the county’s traffic management system along major freight and commuter routes. The project combines ATM systems on freeways with active traffic signal management, transit and truck signal priority improvements, bicycle detection and signal timing, and performance monitoring on arterials. ATM investments on county and on state maintained roads will decrease congestion, reduce crashes, improve travel time reliability, and enhance transit operations between Washington County and regional distribution centers. The project will include transit signal priority (TSP) along the TV Highway corridor, with additional investments at the Cornelius Pass Road and 185th Avenue intersections including bicycle detection and truck signal priority.

Documents

Background Summary Report · 2018. 4. 30. · Washington County Freight Study (Westside Economic Alliance, 2017), included Washington County, Port of Portland, and other entities