Get your voice heard on how the region should allocate its flexible transportation funds.
PUBLIC COMMENT SOUGHT ON 2010-13 REGIONAL FLEXIBLE FUND ALLOCATIONS
Metro and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation will be seeking public comment on the allocation of regional flexible funds to be programmed in the 2010-13 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. About $46.14 million is available to apportion among selected regional projects and programs, and about $21.65 million for local projects. Metro received 26 competitive applications for local projects totaling $58.52 million in requested funding. Public input is vital to informing the final project list and allocation decisions.
The formal comment period will open at noon on Oct. 13, 2008 and close at noon on Dec. 1, 2008. A basic list of projects and programs will be posted on the Metro web site at www.oregonmetro.gov/regionalflexiblefund on Sept. 11, 2008. More detailed project descriptions with an online comment form will be posted on Oct. 13, 2008, when the comment period opens. You may submit comments online or by e-mail, U.S. mail or fax anytime during the public comment period, or at any of the public listening posts listed below.
PUBLIC LISTENING POSTS
Metro is hosting the following listening posts in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation. At the same time that Metro is seeking public input on the regional flexible fund allocations, ODOT is seeking public comment on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. At these listening posts you are welcome to:
*testify before elected officials and submit written comments on projects and programs eligible for regional flexible fund allocations *testify before ODOT officials on the Region 1 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program *get more information about a range of regional planning programs and talk with technical staff.Gresham City Hall Building
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 5 to 8 p.m.
Rooms 2A and 2B
1333 NW Eastman Parkway
MAX Blue lineHillsboro Civic Center
Monday, Oct. 20, 5 to 8 p.m.
Room 113 B
150 E. Main St.
MAX blue lineOregon City, Pioneer Community Center
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 5 to 8 p.m.
615 Fifth St. (at Washington)
TriMet lines 33, 34, 35 and Express 99Metro Regional Center
Thursday, Oct. 30, 5 to 8 p.m.
Council Chamber
600 NE Grand Ave., Portland
TriMet line 6, MAX red and blue lines to Oregon Convention Center, yellow line to Rose QuarterBE PREPARED
Oral testimony is limited to three minutes. All comments for the public record should be in writing with or without oral testimony, and must include your name and address. Convenient comment forms will be available onsite.
OTHER WAYS TO COMMENT
*Comment online at www.oregonmetro.gov/regionalflexiblefund
*Send e-mail to trans@oregonmetro.gov
*Mail written comments to Regional flexible fund comments, Metro planning, 600 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232 *Fax comments to 503-797-1930ACCESSIBILITY
All facilities are ADA accessible. Language and signing interpretation services and devices for the hearing impaired are available with 48-hour advance notice. Please call Metro at 503-797-1551 or TDD 503-797-1804 to request these services.
For more information about the regional flexible fund allocation process, visit www.oregonmetro.gov/regionalflexiblefund or contact Pat Emmerson, public affairs specialist, 503-797-1551 or pat.emmerson@oregonmetro.gov.
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I don’t mean to sound self-serving, but does anyone know if any of the projects involve re-reconfiguring the former Rose Quarter Transit Center so the bicyclists still get what they want and the buses can move back to where they always were, restoring the transit center configuration? The current configuration is a bit like calling the bus stop at SW Barbur and Bertha and the stop across Barbur Blvd. part of Bertha Transit Center (which officially no longer exists).
Or if anything involves any advance Sellwood Bridge Project solution funding?
The current configuration is a bit like calling the bus stop at SW Barbur and Bertha and the stop across Barbur Blvd. part of Bertha Transit Center (which officially no longer exists).
hehehehehehe…………..
From http://www.oregonmetro.gov/files/planning/region_flex_funds_08-11_web.pdf, I don’t see the Rose Quarter TC mentioned on the list of possible projects.
I do note that rail based projects account for $34 million in flexible funds, while bus projects get a scant $6 million (and $5M of that is not specific to bus and likely much of it will be used for non-bus related improvements).
That lists the 08-11 awarded funds, this is the next round of funding. The list of possible projects for 10-13 won’t be released until the 11th of this month.
Sorry to nitpick, but it was Burlingame TC. As for the Rose Quarter, I agree that making some buses take the long way (Interstate to Multnomah) is not a great idea. Doesn’t Multnomah get congested before/after Rose Quarter events? However, I do think that there isn’t a great bike route through there without making awkward left turns.
Jason Barbour Says:
I don’t mean to sound self-serving, but does anyone know if any of the projects involve re-reconfiguring the former Rose Quarter Transit Center so the bicyclists still get what they want and the buses can move back to where they always were, restoring the transit center configuration? The current configuration is a bit like calling the bus stop at SW Barbur and Bertha and the stop across Barbur Blvd. part of Bertha Transit Center (which officially no longer exists).
The City is supposed to put a bike path right down the middle of Wheeler, and the buses were shuffled around to accommodate this. It’s also been expected that the buses going east on Multnomah will have an easier time because they won’t be turning right from Wheeler.
It’s difficult to imagine how the bicyclists would be accommodated without these changes; there just isn’t enough room for everyone.
Also, how about this idea, though I think its something that’s simple enough that it could be done without a MTIP allocation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmchuff/2811287887/
@Jason McHuff:
What about running the 33 up 7th Ave to Madison and having it share the Madison/Grand stop with the 14, et al.? How much time would this add to the trip?
Then again, how much does this conversation matter in the long run, considering the 33 (and the 31 & 32) will likely be displaced by the Yellow/Orange line north of Milwaukie TC? Also when taking into consideration the planned streetcar loop on MLK/Grand?
Even in the near-term, one drawback that I see is that you essentially prevent buses on MLK from safely turning onto the Hawthorne Bridge viaduct on a green light, inconveniencing the majority for the benefit of a few.
I don’t disagree with your goal, I’m just not certain what the “right” solution is. This has directly impacted me in the past when returning home to Ladd’s Addition from my dentist in Oak Grove. I’d prefer not to cross a bridge into downtown just to hop a 14 and come right back, but it is a several block walk from any eastside 33 stop to the closest eastside 14 stop, which is no fun in 90 (or 30) degree weather. Maybe this isn’t a significant enough problem to warrant engineering a solution, but I agree that it would be nice not to have to walk so far.
Why not simply run the 33 up Milwaukie instead of McLoughlin, then up 12th and west on Madison? This wouldn’t require any special traffic signals and would only bypass two existing stops — including the problem stop south of the bridge.
The only potential problem is that stupid grade-level RR crossing below Division.