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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.
As part of the draft transportation plan, draft Regional TSMO plan was included in the supporting documents for the recommendations from Metro's chief operating officer on strategies for a sustainable and prosperous region and part of the Making the Greatest Place comment period in fall 2009.
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The draft plan and public input from the Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 comment period will be considered by Metro's advisory committees before they make a recommendation to the Metro Council for consideration of the RTP on Dec. 17, 2009.
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:
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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.
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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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