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Regional Transportation Plan
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Learn about the Regional Transportation Plan, the Portland metropolitan area's blueprint for a multi-modal transportation system.
The region’s transportation system is vital to our economy, our community and our lives. The Regional Transportation Plan is the blueprint that guides investments in the region’s transportation system to reduce congestion, build new sidewalks and bicycle facilities, improve transit service and access to transit and maintain freight access.
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2035 Regional Transportation Plan update
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.
High Capacity Transit System Plan
Learn about the program to guide regional high capacity transit capital investments by evaluating and prioritizing transportation corridors for potential new projects and extensions to existing lines...More
Freight and goods movement
The Regional Freight Plan will present policies and strategies for moving freight that complement the region's multi-modal transportation system and support regional land use goals... More
Transportation system management and operations
Transportation system management and operations strategies provide money saving multimodal solutions that relieve congestion, optimize infrastructure investments, promote travel options, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions... More
Cost of congestion
Download a study examining the relationship between investments in transportation and the economy.
2004 Regional Transportation Plan
Learn about the 2004 Regional Transportation Plan. Request a printed copy or download PDFs of individual chapters, technical appendices and fact sheets.
More about the Regional Transportation Plan
The plan:
- sets the direction and guides planning for future investments in the region's transportation system
- establishes policies and priorities for all forms of travel – motor vehicle, transit, pedestrian, bicycle and freight – and street design and the efficient management of the overall system
- anticipates the region's current and future travel needs based on forecasts of growth in population, households and jobs as well as future travel patterns and analysis of travel conditions
- evaluates federal, state and local funding that will be available for transportation improvements
- estimates costs of projects and proposes funding strategies to meet these costs.
While the plan recognizes that most travel in the region will continue to be by auto, alternatives to driving alone, such as transit, walking and bicycling, are also recognized as important. The RTP provides a vision for new ways to get around, such as commuter rail and vanpools, and includes telecommuting, ridesharing and other programs designed to reduce demand on the transportation system. The policies focus on ensuring that all layers of the region's transportation system work together in the most effective way possible, including the efficient management of the overall system. In addition, the policies recognize the importance of the movement of goods and services to our regional economy.