NTL Record

Title Review of the transportation planning process in the Portland, Orgeon, metropolitan area
Record ID 4301
Personal Name
Creator
Lyons, William; Shadle, Paul; Edner, Sheldon; Jensen-Fisher, Ronald
Source Review of the Transportation Planning Process series; 70p. in various pagings
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); EG & G Dynatrend
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19941100
Language English
Abstract This report is the seventh in a series produced for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center). This formal, comprehensive review of the planning process in the Portland metropolitan area was conducted by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), with the assistance of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center). The federal review team met with representatives of the Metropolitan Service District (Metro) and the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC), which are the metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) for the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area; the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT); and the Tri-County Metropolitan Transit District of Oregon (Tri-Met) and Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (C-Tran), the regional transit operators. The meetings focused on the Oregon portion of the metropolitan area and addressed planning within the Washington State portion primarily with regard to issues of bi-state coordination. The federal team concluded that Metro and other area agencies performing transportation planning conduct a competently managed and organized continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive (3-C) planning process, produce adequate planning products, and use acceptable planning tools. Efforts are being made to implement a multi-modal planning approach, and the transit operators are involved in the process. The federal team developed a series of observations and suggestions to strengthen each aspect of the transportation planning process.
Rosap ID dot:8412
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8412
TRT Terms Transportation planning; Planning methods; Metropolitan planning organizations; Regional planning; Long range planning; Strategic planning; Air quality management; Public transit; Federal laws; Regulations; Certification
General Subjects Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA); Portland (Oregon); Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC); Urban transportation planning
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Multimodalism;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Transit Energy and Environment;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Transit Economics and Finance;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Travel Demand;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Public Participation and Outreach;
NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - Congestion;
NTL - OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS - Traffic Flow
Geographical
Coverage
Portland (Oregon); Washington
TRIS Online
Accession No
726701
Report Number RSPA/VNTSC-SS-TM592-07
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/4000/4300/4301/37.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository