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Proposed Streetcar System Concept Plan
From July 1, 2009 through August 14, 2009, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is inviting public comments on the Public Review Draft of the Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan (SSCP).
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  PORTLAND STREETCAR SYSTEM CONCEPT PLAN

Reading Room 

Content:

Maps

Existing/Planned Portland Streetcar Routes

Local Planning Context

Research

 

Note:  For reports, maps, and white papers created for the Streetcar System Concept Plan project, please visit the Project page.

Maps

Historic (1912) Transit Infrastructure:

Overlaid with Metro 2040 designations and City of Portland zoning

Overlaid with Neighborhood Classifications and Metro 2040 designations

 

Current/Planned Transit Infrastructure:

Overlaid with Metro 2040 designations and City of Portland zoning

Overlaid with Neighborhood Classifications and Metro 2040 designations

TriMet System Map

 

Portland Transportation System Plan Street Classification Maps:

Street Design

Transit Route

Pedestrian Designations

Bicycle Routes

Vehicular Traffic

Freight Routes

Emergency Vehicle Routes

Portland Comprehensive Plan Designations 

 

Existing/Planned Portland Streetcar Routes:

Portland Streetcar

Information about Portland's existing 8-mile streetcar route, as well as past and present streetcar planning efforts

 

Portland Streetcar Development Oriented Transit

April 2008 Report prepared by Portland Streetcar, Inc. and PDOT that describes the impacts and lessons learned during the first decade of Portland's modern streetcar system.

 

 

Portland Streetcar Loop Environmental Assessment

 

An environmental assessment for the recently approved extension project that would connect the downtown streetcar to the Lloyd District and Central Eastside

 

 

Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Alternatives Analysis Study

 

Metro's study to evaluation transit and trail options between Portland and Lake Oswego that includes consideration of streetcar

 

Related Local and Regional Planning Efforts

 

Metro 2040 Growth Concept

The long-range plan to guide growth in the region

 

Metro Regional Framework Plan

The plan for a multi-modal transportation system in the region

 

Metro High Capacity Transit System Plan

A long-range planning effort underway that will guide regional high capacity transit capital investments by evaluating and prioritizing transportation corridors for potential new projects and extensions to existing lines

 

TriMet Transit Investment Plan

TriMet's five-year plan for investments in service, capital projects and customer information

 

 

Climate Action Plan

 

The City of Portland and Multnomah County's 2009 update on the local plan to reduce greenhouse gases 

 

 

Descending the Oil Peak: Navigating the Transition from Oil to Natural Gas

 

Report of the City of Portland Peak Oil Task Force, March 2007

  

 

The Portland Plan

Recently begun, the City of Portland's update of the 1980 Comprehensive Plan and the 1988 Central City Plan.

 

 

Portland Transportation System Plan

 

The long-range plan to guide transportation investments in Portland

 

 

Portland Bike Master Plan

 

A blueprint for making bicycling and walking an integral part of daily life in Portland

 

Portland Pedestrian Master Plan

A guide to pedestrian policies, projects and priorities for the City of Portland

 

 

Portland Freight Master Plan

 

Policies, operational strategies and system improvements aimed at providing a road map for how Portland manages freight and delivery movement today and into the future

 

 

Portland Green Streets Program

 

Portland's policy to incorporate the use of green street facilities in public and private development

 

Related Research:

 

Travel and Transit Use at Portland Area Transit Oriented Developments (TOD)

2006 report by Portland State University

 

Public Transportation's Contribution to U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction

September 2007 report conducted for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)

 

Public Transportation and Petroleum Savings in the U.S.: Reducing National and Household Dependence on Oil

October 2006 report prepared for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)

 

Realizing the Potential: Expanding Housing Opportunities Near Transit

April 2007 report by Reconnecting America's Center for Transit-Oriented Development

 

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