Making the Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Connection Marianne Fitzgerald Oregon Dept. of...

Making the Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Connection

Marianne Fitzgerald

Oregon Dept. of Environmental Qualityfitzgerald.marianne@deq.state.or.us

Air Innovations Conference

August 12, 2004

1996 Portland Maintenance Plans

• Oregon land use laws encourage compact growth, discourage sprawl

• Maintenance Plan Transportation Control Measures include land use measures

• Portland Metro-area 2040 Growth Management Plan encourages more density and planned growth in “centers”

• Metro-area funding priorities support transit, bicycle and pedestrian improvements

2004 Portland Maintenance Plans

• Metro recently revised transportation control measures; these measures continue to support alternative transportation

• New “Contingent TCMs” in maintenance plan contingency plan are triggered by growth in vehicle miles traveled per capita– 5% increase in VMT/capita triggers further

study; – 10% increase in VMT/capita triggers further

transportation control measures

2040 Plan: Principles

• Encourage efficient use of land

• Protect and restore the natural environment

• Provide a balanced transportation system

• Create vibrant places to work and live

• Encourage a strong local economy

2040 Plan: Transportation

• Street designs fit land use context

• Streets are retrofitted to include sidewalks and bikeways

• Street connectivity requirements allow easier walking and access to transit

• Frequent transit service provided on all major streets

How is it Working?

• Infill is occurring faster than expected, within UGB

• Transit ridership 1990-2001 outpaced population growth and daily VMT

• VMT/person stabilizing

• Mixed use development is occurring across the region

How is it Working? CMAQ/STP funding 1992-2005

How is it Working? Light Rail Transit System 1996-2007

How is it Working? Transit

• 29th largest metro area with 13th largest annual transit ridership

• Transit eliminates 58 million vehicle trips/year

• 72% of riders have the choice of using a car

• 30% of riders are commuters; 22% use transit for recreation

How is it Working? VMT

How is it Working? Air Quality (8-hr ozone)

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For more information…

• Metro 2040 Plan, “Creating Livable Streets,” and “Green Streets” on their website, www.metro-region.org

• Portland maintenance plan transportation control measures in conference handouts– 1996 TCM– 1996 TCM Substitution Policy– 2004 TCM (update)