28%
Increase in overall bicycle use in the city of Portland in 2008. This is the biggest single-year increase since the city began counting cyclists in the early 1990s.
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Transportation
Planning and conservation › Transportation
Discover how the Metro Council is working to implement the Regional Transportation Plan by investing in transportation projects and expanding travel options. Find out how you can help shape plans and projects.
A new look at transportation
Learn about the region's plans for connecting and completing a multi-modal transportation system from now through 2035. Find out when and how community and business stakeholders help shape these plans...More
Regional Transportation Plan
Learn about the Regional Transportation Plan, the Portland metropolitan area's blueprint for a multi-modal transportation system...More
Investing in transportation projects
Metro selects projects to receive some of the federal transportation funds spent in the region and administers federal funds...More
Expanding transportation options
Find out how the Regional Travel Options program is working to provide alternatives and awareness of alternatives to driving alone...More
Tools for designing streets
Discover three handbooks that provide practical information for designing safe and healthy streets...More
Public involvement policy for transportation planning
Read the standards Metro must meet when undertaking transportation planning projects and that local jurisdictions must meet when they apply to Metro for funding...More
Featured projects
South Corridor Phase II: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project
Beginning spring of 2007 and ending in the summer of 2008, Metro will complete a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement...More
Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project
Learn about efforts to develop a transit project that meets future travel demand between Lake Oswego and Portland, supports local and regional land use plans, and garners public acceptance and community support...More
Portland Streetcar Loop environmental assessment
An environmental assessment is in progress for the recently approved extension of streetcar from downtown Portland to the Lloyd District and Central Eastside...More
More transportation projects
From the Columbia River Crossing to projects addressing transit and roadways, Metro and its partners are investigating and implementing solutions for the transportation needs of the region... More
related documents
Files that are downloadable from this page
- FY 2008-09 Unified Planning Work Program 2.9M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 30, 2008
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Related Internet links
- ODOT
(http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/)
- CascadeLink transportation pages
(http://www.cascadelink.org/trans/index.html)
- Rail~Volution
(http://www.railvolution.com/)