RTLAND M ETRO POLITAN R EGION O VERVIEW Tom Kloster, AICP - PDF document

P O RTLAND M ETRO POLITAN R EGION O VERVIEW Tom Kloster, AICP Transportation Planning Manager Metro | Portland, Oregon

P ORTLAND ’ S E CONOMY

W HAT IS M ETRO ? • Elected Regional Government • Manages growth, transportation, regional parks, solid waste, regional facilities • Serves as MPO for Portland region • Allocates federal transportation funds to 25 cities and counties

M ETRO C OUNCIL D ISTRICTS

M ETRO ' S O RGANIZATION

P ORTLAND B EFORE WWII Portland achieved much of its vision, with a multi‐modal system of transportation serving a thriving city

P OST ­ W AR H IGHWAYS • The National Defense Highway System is launched after World War I I, and transforms the P ortland landscape • Farm towns across the region suddenly be ­ come bedroom communities when new high ­ ways link them t Portland o

P ORTLAND ’ S B ACKLASH A Portland backlash forms against a plan for massive freeway building that is beginning to destroy urban neighborhoods

1972 D OWNTOWN P LAN Mayor Neil Goldschmidt leads reform movement, and development of Portland’s innov ative downtown pla n: • mphasis on transit‐ e oriented development • 24‐hour downtown with more housing and street retail Mayor Neil Goldschmidt

S ENATE B ILL 100 • Legislature adopts pioneering 1973 statewide p lanning program to limit sprawl and protect forest a nd farms • Legislation requires local plans to meet statewide goals; creates LCDC • Urbanization now focused inside urban growth boundaries

O NE M ORE B ATTLE . . . 1989 bypass freeway proposed in rapidly growing Washington County

T HE LUTRAQ S TUDY • The Western Bypass proposal frames a new debate on r egional growth m anagement • 1000 Friends of Oregon proposes LUTRAQ a lternative to s tatus quo • Linking land use and transportation planning becomes new mandate for regional plans

2040 C ONCEPTS 2040 Growth Concept Adopted in 1995

2040 G ROWTH C ONCEPT • 50 ­ year vision for m anaging region’s g rowth • Incorporates best parts of “Concepts for Growth options • Builds on lessons learned from Portland’s downtown plan

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M ETRO www.oregonmetro.gov Tom Kloster, AICP Transportation Planning Manager tom.kloster@oregonmetro.gov