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Planning and conservation › Regional planning and policy › Regional Transportation Plan › 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.
After considering public comment, the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation approved and the Metro Council adopted the 2035 RTP, which includes the Regional TSMO Plan, on June 10, 2010.
Learn more about the RTP update
The Regional TSMO Plan is a road map to guide transportation management solutions for the next 10 years. The plan includes strategies that support many regional transportation goals:
Read the Regional TSMO Plan
Read the Executive Summary for the TSMO Plan
Dozens of Intelligent Transportation Systems projects have been implemented around the Portland metropolitan area, many of them involving multi-agency coordination. An illustrative set of examples has been captured here in very brief case studies. The Intelligent Transportation Systems project fact sheets listed below illustrate the mobility, safety, and cost-effectiveness potential of investments in transportation technology.
Download the Intelligent Transportation Systems fact sheets below
Prepared by staff at Metro and the City of Portland with contributions by transportation planners and traffic managers in the public and private sectors, as well as Portland State University's Center for Transportation Studies, this brief but enlightening report shows that the region has the power to control congestion before it becomes gridlock. The executive summary and final report are available below.
Deena Platman
deena.platman@oregonmetro.gov
503-797-1754
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