COLUMBIA CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION STUDY REPORT &
RECOMMENDATIONS
Non-Binding City Policy
NCP-TRN-7.05
PURPOSE
WHEREAS, the Office of Transportation was directed by the City Council to
initiate the Columbia Corridor Transportation Study (CCTS) to determine a
multi-modal transportation strategy to address the different needs of the
Corridor, and
WHEREAS, the issue to be addressed by the CCTS included heavy
trucks competing with recreational traffic; volume and speed of
traffic, poor access to/from industrial businesses to the I-5 and I-205 freeways
and access to the growing Portland International Center and Airport;
and
WHEREAS, the CCTS implementation strategy provides for transportation
improvements on all levels; Corridor-wide transit improvements; traffic calming
along NE Marine Drive; utilization of underused capacity for freight at the
approaches to both I-205 and I-5 on NE Columbia Boulevard and NE Lombard Street;
bicycle improvements on NE Marine Drive; and pedestrian improvements as a part
of each of the projects to be undertaken; and
WHEREAS, adoption of this Study will allow capital dollars identified in
the Office of Transportation's Capital Improvement Program for fiscal year
1999-2000 to be used to initiate projects identified in the CCTS;
POLICY
HISTORY
Filed for inclusion in PPD December 1, 2003.
Resolution No. 35811 adopted by City Council August 4,
1999.
