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STUDY ADVISORY COMMITTEESeptember 15, 2016
long-term transportation
strategies and investments needed to sustain
the county’s economic health and quality of
life in the coming decades”
Study Purpose
• Review key findings from evaluation of three transportation investment packages
• Begin discussion about evaluation results and identify potential questions for the public.
• Discussion will continue in October.
Objectives of Meeting
• Welcome and Agenda Review
• Review Where We’ve Been
• Evaluation Results
• Highlights for Public Outreach
• Public Comment
• Next Steps and Closing
Agenda
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
Community ValuesCONNECTIVITY Provides easy access to destinations essential for daily needs, goods, services and activities.
EFFICIENCY Promotes efficient and reliable movement of people, goods, and services.
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
Encourages viable transportation options, including private automobiles, transit, bicycling, and walking.
LAND USE Promotes community design that reflects the unique needs and desires of urban, rural, and suburban communities, including compact, multi-modal, and vibrant communities in urban areas.
SOCIAL EQUITY Ensures all people benefit from transportation investments, and that no group or neighborhood bears an unfair share of negative impacts.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Protects air, climate, water, open space and other natural resources from the impacts of growth and transportation.
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
Uses public funds wisely and protects investments by maintaining the current transportation system and using technology to improve efficiency.
ECONOMIC VITALITY Supports job growth and strong urban and rural economies.
SAFETY Ensures all travelers get to their destinations safely.
HEALTH Encourages citizens to become more active and healthy by providing alternative transportation modes.
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• hink big: look beyond the Transportation System Plan's 20-year horizon
• Study Advisory Committee selected for divergent views
History of the study
Residential
Employment
Mixed Use/ Commercial
Rural
Existing Urban Growth Boundary
Legend
DRAFT
Future Land Use Conditions
Transportation Investment
OptionsActive Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems
TransitTrip Reduction Strategies
Roadways
• Expanding the on-street network, by providing protected bicycle and pedestrian facilities
• Expanding the off-street network, by investing in the regional trail network as bicycle express routes
• Providing bike and pedestrian supportive amenities in urban areas, such as crossings, signals, bike parking
• Reducing travel speeds of arterials through downtowns and town centers
Biking and Walking Facilities
Legend
Future off-street regional trail network.
Map indicates general alignments to be studied, for illustrative purposes only.
• Expand grid bus network and frequent bus service
• Extensions of HCT to Forest Grove and Sherwood and along TV and BH Hwy, and all day service on WES
• Express services between major locations, using managed lanes on throughways, supported by additional park & ride and community connector shuttles.
• Expanded services to adjacent counties, as well as growing residential and employment areas.
Transit Enhancements
New Transit Corridor
New Express Transit Map indicates general alignments to
be studied, for illustrative purposes only.
Major Road Improvements• Connect existing arterials to make
more direct travel between South Hillsboro, Cooper Mountain, and Sherwood
• Widen Cornelius Pass between US 26 and US 30
• Improve passing lanes on select rural roads for trucks/bikes
• Add arterial crossings of throughways at key locations
• Improve access management along key section of TV Hwy and 99W
• Realigning Hwy 219 with SchollsSherwood Road and tie into planned Southern Arterial
Map indicates general alignments to be studied, for illustrative purposes only.
Throughway Improvements• Build a new connection to Columbia
Blvd from Cornelius Pass Road• Build new north-south limited access
route between US 26 and 99W connects to the planned Southern arterial between 99W and I-5
• Add new interchange in/near Wilsonville to access I-5 and I-205
• Widen US 26, I-5, I-205 (8-lanes) with new lanes dedicated to HOV, truck and transit
• Widen Hwy 217 (6 lanes) • Upgrade connecting arterials
Map indicates general alignments to be studied, for illustrative purposes only.
Demand Management, Efficiency
Road user chargeCorridor congestion pricing
Advances in TechnologyFreight Access
Transportation Investment PackagesInvestment Concepts A B CEnhanced Demand Management Strategies
Expanded Bus and High Capacity Transit
Systems and New Park & Rides
Complete Bike/Ped Network on Major Roads
New Capacity on Throughways
Connect and Widen Select Arterials
Frequent Bus to New Growth Areas
Enhanced On-street Bike/Ped
New Bike Highways on Regional Trails
Express Transit
New Arterials in Rural Areas*
Managed Lanes for HOV, Transit and Trucks
New Interchange
*Requires changes to statute
Community Values and Performance
MeasuresCONNECTIVITY Provides easy access to destinations essential for daily needs, goods, services and activities.
EFFICIENCY Promotes efficient and reliable movement of people, goods, and services.
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
Encourages viable transportation options, including private automobiles, transit, bicycling, and walking.
LAND USE Promotes community design that reflects the unique needs and desires of urban, rural, and suburban communities, including compact, multi-modal, and vibrant communities in urban areas.
SOCIAL EQUITY Ensures all people benefit from transportation investments, and that no group or neighborhood bears an unfair share of negative impacts.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Protects air, climate, water, open space and other natural resources from the impacts of growth and transportation.
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
Uses public funds wisely and protects investments by maintaining the current transportation system and using technology to improve efficiency.
ECONOMIC VITALITY Supports job growth and strong urban and rural economies.
SAFETY Ensures all travelers get to their destinations safely.
HEALTH Encourages citizens to become more active and healthy by providing alternative transportation modes.
Findings Outline
• Land Use
• System Effects
• Roadways & Freight
• Transit
• Walking and Biking
• Cost Opinion
LAND USE
Residential
Employment
Mixed Use/ Commercial
Rural
Existing Urban Growth Boundary
Legend
DRAFT
Future Land Use Patterns Help Reduce Auto Trips
Trip Generation
Package A, Trend Growth
Package A, Trend Growth
SYSTEM EFFECTS
Traffic conditions
worsen
2055
2010Vehicle Travel
• Vehicle trips increase by 50% from 2 million trips to over 3 million trips daily; Higher with Scenario 2
• Traffic delay increases– Vehicle Hours Delay
– Lane Miles over Capacity
• Increasing cut through traffic
• Reliability problems for freight, major portals in/out of Washington County are at or approaching capacity
PM Peak, 2-Hour Period
Package A, Trend Growth
Pricing can help
• Tolling on highways (managed lanes) for priority use by transit, HOV and trucks can help better manage traffic flow
BUT
May increase cut-through traffic
• Road user charges (VMT charge) could reduce person hours of travel in the region by as much as 15%
IF
implemented as a variable fee - by time of day and location, addressing congested areas
Road user charge
Corridor congestion pricing
Technology can help
Connected and autonomous vehicles could: Reduce
Reduce
Increase Vehicle Miles
Traveled(millions)
Vehicle Hours
OfDelay
Lane MilesOver
Capacity
Package A, Increased Trade & Technology Growth
ARTERIAL & HIGHWAY
TRADE-OFFS
Arterial and Highway trade-offs
compared to “A”Arterial focus (B) Highway focus (C)
Reduce vehicle hours of delay + ++
Increase vehicle miles traveled + ++
Freight reliability + ++
Cut-through traffic + ++
Risk of crash fatality - --
Risk of crash exposure - --
Labor force access to jobs + ++
Consistency with adopted Plans - --
Greenhouse Gas Emissions - --
Air quality impacts + ++
Natural resource impacts - --
KEYBetter than A Worse than A
+ -
Major N-S Roadways• Northern Connector
• Pulls over 60% of Trucks out of US 26 Tunnel
• North-South Parkway• Carries over 6,000 vph
during PM peak• Reduces demand on
adjacent roadways• Inner corridor volumes
are higher North of Farmington
• Upgraded N-S Arterials• Helps reduce demand on
adjacent roadways• Carries less than half the
volumes of N-S Parkway• Highway 217
• Critical throughway for County
• Sees increasing demand in all Packages
Map indicates general alignments to be studied, for illustrative purposes only.
Northern Connector
North-South ParkwayNorth-South Arterial
US 26 / Barnes / Cornell / Canyon
Roy Rogers / Scholls-Sherwood / New N-S
Other potential improvements for
freight reliability
• Truck queue jumps at highway on-ramps
• Dedicates new truck lanes on highways
• Helps reliability, if aggressively managed
• Needs system improvements to access
• Westside consolidation facility to avoid PDX
– Complex due to shipping patterns
– Requires high shipping volume
TRANSIT
Transit findings compared to A
Expansion of planned service (B)
Express service and station access (C)
Access to households
+ ++
Labor force access + ++
Travel time benefits + ++
Access to Low Income Households
+ ++
KEYBetter than A Worse than A
+ -
Transit AccessibilityTransit Access & Housing Density
Package A, Trend Growth
Transit Accessibility
Low Income Residential
Package A, Trend Growth
Transit Access & Housing Density
US 26 / Barnes / Cornell / Canyon
Roy Rogers / Scholls-Sherwood / New N-S
WALKING & BIKING
Bike and Pedestrian Investments
100% arterial and collectors with bike/ped facilities
Addition of protected bikeways on major arterials
Addition of off-road facilities
Accessibility + + +
Safety + ++ ++
Health + + +
Active Transportation Accessibility
Walk-Bike Access & Housing Density
Package A, Trend Growth
Potential to shift shorter trips to bike/ped
Length (miles)
Trip
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COST OPINION
Relative costs*
* Estimated costs in 2016 dollars, capital improvements only, subject to refinement with updated ROW costs (September)
• Covered High-Level Findings
• Have these findings helped you formulate….
What are the top two findings we need to highlight?
What is one question you would want to ask the public?
• From this discussion we can focus our further study
Recap what saw today plus what else we
have
HIGHLIGHTS FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH
• Present key findings from evaluation of transportation investments.
• Solicit input that will help decision-makers make decisions in the future.
Purpose of Fall 2016 Outreach
• Committee meetings: SAC and H&E Work Group
• Meeting with groups and organizations
• Outreach to underserved populations and youth
• Online Open House
• Notification: social media, email blasts, press releases, web outreach, paid advertising
• Telephone survey (public opinion poll)
Outreach Activities
• Format: 2 meetings (10 participants each)
• Purpose: How do we communicate the findings?
• Key Findings:
– Need simple descriptions, images + supporting data to communicate the findings.
– Understand the need for and expect investment across all modes and system-wide.
– People are interested in the topic. They want to engage, especially in discussion about tradeoffs.
Focus Group Meetings
• What are the top two findings we need to highlight?
• What is one question you would want to ask the public?
SAC Roundtable Discussion
PUBLIC COMMENT
NEXT STEPS
RESERVE SLIDES
Traffic Congestion
V/C
0.0-.90
.91-.99
1.0+
2010 2055
Volume-to-Capacity
Forest Grove Hillsboro
Beaverton
Tigard
Tualatin
Sherwood
Wilsonville
Forest Grove Hillsboro
Beaverton
Tigard
Tualatin
Sherwood
Wilsonville
US 26 / Barnes / Cornell / Canyon
Roy Rogers / Scholls-Sherwood / New N-S
Cornelius Pass / New N-S
Highway 217
TV Highway
Transit Accessibility
Orenco Station
South HIllsboro
1 – Future Residential Density
Transit Accessibility2 – Transit Routes & Frequencies
Package A Transit Investments
LRTWESBRTFrequent BusBus
Transit Accessibility3 – Transit Accessibility Index
US 26 / Barnes / Cornell / Canyon
Roy Rogers / Scholls-Sherwood / New N-S
