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As greater Portland grows into a major metropolitan area, it’s time to invest in a transportation system that works for everyone. Help Metro shape a regional transportation funding measure that could go before voters in November 2020.

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Traffic on Highway 217 in Tigard.

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The 4-Division travels east along Southeast Division Street in the Midway district of East Portland.

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Getting the region moving

As greater Portland grows into a major metropolitan area, our communities need a collaborative approach to transportation planning, funding and implementation.

Throughout 2019, local leaders will engage their communities, bringing priority corridors and investments forward for a task force and the Metro Council to consider. Metro staff will work with community partners to lift the voices of people that have much at stake but are too often the least heard.

Together, we will shape a successful investment measure that prepares us for our future and begins a bold new chapter in greater Portland’s story. The Metro Council will consider referring a transportation investment measure to voters on the November 2020 ballot.

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Community transportation forums bring neighbors, local leaders together

By Claire Rischiotto
Nov. 1, 2019 3 p.m.

More than 200 people came together at events in Portland, Hillsboro and Oregon City to discuss local investments that could be part of a 2020 regional transportation funding measure.
Let's get moving: community conversations about transportation

Oct. 9, 2019 9:47 a.m.

October 21-24, join neighbors, community leaders and transportation experts in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah County to learn about local investments that could be part of a potential 2020 regional transportation funding measure.
Joint letter from Metro Council President Lynn Peterson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Rose Quarter Improvement Project

April 5, 2019 1:16 p.m.

On April 4, 2019, Metro Council President Lynn Peterson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler sent a joint letter to Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Tammy Baney about the Rose Quarter Improvement Project.
New Transportation Funding Task Force convened to identify traffic solutions

By Nick Christensen
Feb. 14, 2019 3:35 p.m.

The 35-member Transportation Funding Task Force, or TF2, will spend the next 15 months identifying proposals for a potential November 2020 ballot measure to fund transportation improvements in greater Portland.
The Regional Transportation Plan by the numbers

Dec. 12, 2018 2:45 p.m.

On Dec. 6, the Metro Council unanimously passed the 2018 update to the Regional Transportation Plan.
Metro launches pilot program to test innovative transportation solutions

By Cristina Rojas
Oct. 5, 2018 1:30 p.m.

The Partnerships and Innovative Learning Opportunities in Transportation program, or PILOT, launched this week and will provide $150,000 to test new transportation services or programs.
Freeway expansion concerns the focus of the first public hearing of the 2018 RTP

By Arashi Young
Aug. 9, 2018 12:20 p.m.

Advocates argue against a plan to expand Interstate 5 between Interstates 84 and 405.