Category: RTP Update

  • Advanced Topics in Congestion

    At the last TPAC workshop on the Regional Transportation Plan update, Metro presented their research on roadway conditions (freeways and arterials). There are some very interesting ways to visualize the situation. [Note: click on any slide to see a larger (and clearer) version.] A table showing what portion of our freeway and arterial network is…

  • Selling the RTP

    The Trib reported yesterday again on the skepticism from the FHWA on the draft policy chapter for the new Regional Transportation Plan. The Trib attributes the feedback on the RTP to FHWA Oregon Division Administrator David Cox. The article also included remarked from at least one member of the Oregon Transportation Commission. Change is hard…

  • Streetcar and the RTP

    In the draft policy language for the Regional Transportation Plan update, there is a 3-tier classification of transit service: High Capacity Transit (MAX) Regional Transit (connects regional and town centers) Local Transit (bus) Streetcar was initially lumped in Regional Transit (along with TriMet’s frequent bus lines). While the proposed Lake Oswego Line might fit that…

  • How Do We Size and Allocate Freeway Capacity?

    Yesterday’s Portland Tribune, in milder terms than the FHWA, editorialized that Metro may be overlooking roads in the Regional Transportation Plan update. While Steve Clark, the Trib’s publisher, and a mover and shaker on transportation issues in the business community, would probably concede that we can’t build our way out of congestion, the tone of…

  • FHWA on RTP

    Update: A few minutes later… But wait, now the meme is on to BikePortland.org. Update: 1/30/07 I don’t know if this is cool or silly, but here’s a case-in-point for the self-referentiality of the blogosphere and the mainstream media. I ran this post yesterday, and was told by Metro staff that it generated a media…