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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.
Help provide input and guidance to project staff and the project steering committee on issues of importance to during the development of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and selection of a locally preferred alternative. Applications are due July 7, 2009...More
With discussion continuing about ways to improve transit service between Lake Oswego and Portland, Metro is taking steps to advance to the next stage of study, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
The Lake Oswego to Portland transit project proposes improvements to existing transit service by extending streetcar on the Willamette Shoreline right of way, Macadam Avenue or parts of both or by enhancing bus service. The next phase of study, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, will also evaluate a no-build option. At the same time, steps will be identified to advance a trail in the corridor. Download the map of alternatives to be considered in the DEIS and information on the trail refinement below...Go
On Dec. 13, 2007, the Metro Council approved options to advance for further study in an environmental analysis. The project purpose and need statement was revised and adopted by the project advisory committee in October 2005. Download the project purpose and need statement below... Go
The enhanced, or rapid transit, bus alternative would operate on Southwest Macadam Avenue and Highway 43. For the streetcar alternative, there are various terminus and alignment options:
More about the alternatives process and analysis
The environmental analysis, or DEIS, is a joint effort by Metro, TriMet, the cities of Lake Oswego and Portland, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, Portland Streetcar Inc. and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Work will begin in the summer of 2009 and conclude in 2010 with the selection of a single Locally Preferred Alternative to be advanced into preliminary engineering and a Final Environmental Impact Statement.
The Metro Council decision of Dec. 13, 2007 follows the definition and screening of a broad range of options. Along the way, there were numerous opportunities for public participation: a community design workshop, small group meetings, project citizen advisory committee meetings, open houses, public hearings, a formal public comment period and presentations to neighborhood and community groups... More
The most recent newsletter, dated June 2007, provides descriptions of the transit and trail alternatives that were evaluated in detail in the alternatives analysis phase of the study and an overview of evaluation results. The first newsletter provides background information and a timeline, outlines the purpose of the analysis and describes the project advisory committee.
Both newsletters are available below.
Metro transportation planning
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