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2035 Regional Transportation Plan update
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Learn about the region's plans for completing an integrated, multimodal transportation system from now through 2035.
Metro Council adoption
After considering public comment, the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation approved and the Metro Council adopted the 2035 RTP on June 10, 2010. A transportation system for the 21st century
The RTP presents the overarching policies and goals, system concepts for all modes of travel, funding strategies and local implementation requirements. The plan recommends how to invest more than $20 billion in anticipated federal, state and local transportation funding in the Portland metropolitan area during the next 25 years.
This RTP update has been shaped by looking ahead to 2035 to anticipated 21st century needs and these desired outcomes for the region:
- promote jobs and create wealth in the economy
- reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- improve safety throughout the transportation system
- promote healthy, active living by making walking and bicycling safe and convenient
- move freight reliably and make transportation accessible, affordable and reliable for commuting and everyday life
- promote vibrant communities while preserving farm and forest land
Linking transportation investments to the vision for a sustainable and prosperous region
The new RTP focuses on outcomes and achieving the region's 2040 Growth Concept – a publicly supported vision for directing growth toward centers, corridors and employment areas. The plan invests in the region's downtowns, main streets, employment areas and major travel corridors to help attract growth in these areas.
Well-developed centers and corridors manage growth in a way that makes daily life more convenient for residents by minimizing the distances they must travel to work. They also create centers of activity that can be served by multiple transportation options. These compact communities also result in lower greenhouse gas emissions and lower costs for providing roads and utilities.
This RTP update has been completed in two steps
The first step produced an RTP that met federal timelines, fiscal requirements, and new requirements in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). That RTP was approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation on Feb. 29, 2008.
Read the SAFETEA-LU
The second step has produced a final RTP that meets regional and state as well as federal planning requirements. The final RTP includes:
- the first high-capacity transit plan since the early 1980s, which outlines priorities for future investments in an expanded light-rail network, bus rapid transit and other high-capacity transit corridors
- a regional freight plan that looks at how freight can move more efficiently through the region's transportation system
- the first comprehensive plan for transportation systems management and operations to make the most of investments already made in the transportation network
- the first climate change action plan to address how an integrated set of transportation investments, land use policies and other strategies can most effectively reduce greenhouse gases
- performance measures to link transportation investments to reducing the region's carbon footprint, job creation, protecting the urban growth boundary and enhancing travel options for everyone
Timeline of milestones and decisions
Key actions that remain for the 2035 RTP update include public review and comment on the final draft RTP and the associated air-quality conformity report from March 22 through May 6; discussion and recommendations by Metro advisory committees in May, and consideration of approval of a final RTP by the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and the Metro Council on June 10, 2010.
More on milestones and decisions
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Related Documents
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Files that are downloadable from this page
- Public comment report, May 2010 4.6M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published May 14, 2010
- Regional Transportation Plan (Final public review draft) 29.1M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- RTP Technical Appendix (Projects only) 2.3M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- RTP Project List (excel format) 531K MS Excel | Published March 22, 2010
- Regional Transportation Functional Plan (Final public review draft) 3.2M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- Regional Transportation System Management and Operations Plan (Final public review draft) 15.4M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- Executive Summary: Regional Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) Plan 2.6M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- Regional Freight Plan 7.6M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 9, 2010
- Regional High Capacity Transit Plan Summary Report (Final public review draft) 14.6M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- RTP and 2010-13 MTIP Air Quality Conformity Determination (Public review draft) 4.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published March 22, 2010
- Presentation: Regional Transportation Plan 2.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published January 5, 2009
Related Links
2035 Regional Transportation Plan milestones and decision schedule
Find out when the Metro Council and their advisory committees make key decisions on the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan.
Freight and goods movement
The Regional Freight Plan presents policies and strategies for moving freight that complement the region's multimodal transportation system and support regional land use goals.
Cost of congestion
Download a study examining the relationship between investments in transportation and the economy.
Public opinion research on quality of life and growth in the region
To understand the underlying values and beliefs of the people in the region about quality of life and growth management principles, Metro commissioned extensive public opinion research in 2006 and 2009.
Related Internet links
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Federal Highway Administration SAFETEA-LU website
(http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/)
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2006 Oregon Transportation Plan Amendments
(http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP/ortransplanupdate.shtml)
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2006 Oregon Transportation Planning Rule Amendments
(http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/transplan.shtml)