ware, communica-tions, electronics and safety systems to improve safety and transportation system perfor-mance.

The new plan was finalized in 2011 and identifies a 20-year deployment of ITS projects includ-

ing advanced technolo-gies and management techniques aimed to improve the safety and efficiency of the trans-portation system. View the plan executive summary which in-cludes prioritized pro-jects and maps of our region with planned and implanted improve-ments. www.bendmpo.org/its_plan.html

The comment period for the US 97 North Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Study opens July 29 through September 12. View the project website for more details:

http://www.us97solutions.org/

The original Deschutes County Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Plan was com-pleted in early 2005. Since that time, several ITS projects have been implemented, there have been updates to the National ITS Archi-tecture framework, and new projects have been identified. ITS apply technological solu-tions including computer hardware and soft-

Improvements Identified in Intelligent

Transportation System Plan (ITS) Update

US 97 NORTH CORRIDOR DRAFT

ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STUDY RELEASED

Welcome!

The Bend Metropolitan

Planning Organization

(BMPO) brings you this

newsletter as an update on

Transportation Planning

issues in our region.

The Bend MPO Staff

Tyler Deke, AICP and

Jovi Anderson

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Organization/272780608527

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Summer/Fall 2011

Bend Metropolitan Planning

Organization

Around the Bend MPO a newsletter about transportation planning

mailto:tdeke@ci.bend.or.us

mailto:janderson@ci.bend.or.us

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/966MWWQ

Around the Bend MPO Page 2

The primary function of

a MPO is to conduct a

continuing, cooperative

and comprehensive

transportation planning

process.

The City of Bend and Bend

Metropolitan Planning Or-

ganization (MPO) have con-

tracted with DKS Associates

and Kittleson and Associ-

ates to assist the City and

MPO with various transpor-

tation planning projects.

The City requires a Vehicle

Miles Traveled (VMT) analy-

sis consistent with the

Transportation Planning

Rule (TPR) for jurisdictions

in an MPO area and the

MPO must update its Metro-

politan Transportation Plan

(MTP). This work will be

important for many aspects

of Transportation Planning

in the Bend MPO area.

Keeping up to date on anal-

ysis is important to both the

City of Bend and the Bend

MPO. By working collabora-

tively, both organizations

will eliminate duplicate ef-

forts and maximize our lim-

ited funding. Key tasks in-

clude:

TASK 1

Complete Urban Growth

Boundary Transportation

Analysis including detailed

traffic assessment and iden-

tification of possible mitiga-

tion measures

TASK 2

Vehicle Miles Traveled

(VMT) Analysis in MPO re-

gions require progress to-

ward reducing automobile

vehicle miles traveled per

capita. Bend MPO area

must demonstrate a 5% re-

duction over the life of the

local and regional plans.

TASK 3

Determine which additional

steps will be required. Com-

plete a project strategy and

second phase of work plan

based on the VMT results.

Aug 2011 May 2012

9/1/2011 10/1/2011 11/1/2011 12/1/2011 1/1/2012 2/1/2012 3/1/2012 4/1/2012

Transportation Planning Project

PHASE ONE 2011-2012

3/31/2012

TASK 33/1/2012

TASK 1

TASK 2

8/1/2011 - 2/27/2012

Contract and Analysis process

9/9/11 2011 Oregon Transportation

Summit at Portland State University

9/15/11 Bend MPO Policy Board

Upcoming Events Snapshot

http://otrec.us/events/special/OTS

http://www.bendmpo.org/policy_board.html

Create Public Participation Plan

Examine Existing and Future Public Transit

Needs.

Identify Partnership Opportunities

PROJECT UPDATE Public Meeting

Public Transit Plan

Goals

Draft Future Services Concepts and Projects

PROJECT UPDATE

Future Opportunities

Public Transit Plan DRAFT

PROJECT UPDATE

Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12

The Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program (TGM) provides local governments with funding for planning projects that lead to more livable, economically vital, transportation-efficient, sus-tainable, pedestrian-friendly communities. The grant awarded to the Bend MPO will be used to update the long-range transit plans for the City of Bend Transportation System Plan (TSP) and the MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Sign up for updates at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L9YCTLD

prominent areas and sharing our PSA’s. Please visit our site http://bit.ly/RideSafe for more information.

The BMPO is proud to be part of an edu-cation campaign for safe bike riding in Bend. Public safety announcements and print materials contin-ue to be distributed

throughout the re-gion. You can sup-port our efforts by using Ride Safe coasters when serv-ing at bike friendly events and by dis-playing the posters in

Ride Safe Campaign in Bend

Summer 2011 Page 3

As of July, we have re-ceived 807 detailed trav-el surveys from Bend residents. If you partici-pated, thank you for your time! This is the first in-depth study of household travel behav-ior in more than 15years. Without an ac-curate understanding of how and why people travel in Oregon, we

cannot make the best recommen-dations about how to reduce conges-tion and spend limitedtransporta-tion funding.

Your local, state, and federal offi-cials depend on recommendations derived from this data when making important trans-portation deci-sions that result in receiving federal and state funding for transportation projects. For

more about the statewide survey visit: http://sites.nustats.com/otas/

Survey results: How do you get

around in Bend?

Transit Planning Project Underway

2011 Household Survey Results (Preliminary Results)

Mode of Travel Percent

Walk 6.6%

Bike 3.1%

Auto/Van/Truck Driver 67.6%

Auto/Van/Truck Passenger 19.8%

Bus 0.2%

Rail 0.0%

Dial-a-ride/Paratransit 0.0%

School Bus 2.3%

Carpool / Vanpool 0.1%

Other 0.2%

www.bendmpo.org

575 NE 15th Street

Bend, Oregon 97701

Phone: 541.693.2122

Fax: 541.693.2196

mailto:janderson@ci.bend.or.us

Bend Metropolitan Planning

Organization

View interactive maps and other

tools containing transportation

data on our website at

w w w . b e n d m p o . o r g /

traffic_counts.html

Information includes links to:

Bend traffic volume counts

ODOT crash data

Bend turning movement

counts

Deschutes County traffic

count reports

Please contact Bend MPO staff

for more details regarding the

data presented online.

Walking is the most basic form of trans-portation, undertaken by almost every citi-zen. Sidewalks are an essential element of the transportation system since every trip involves at least one walking seg-ment. Because the primary function of sidewalks is to pro-vide a safe place for pedestrians, facilities need to be designed accordingly.

The Bend MPO has implemented a side-walk i program to es-tablish an inventory to improve overall com-munity walkability and provide framework for addressing the con-struction of missing sidewalk along key corridors. The inven-tory will help prioritize projects and help with grant opportuni-ties. This inventory is not complete and will continue to be updat-

ed as infill occurs. The inventory fo-cused specifically on the major roadways . A systematic process for prioritizing and programming side-walk projects will be created to guide local officials in identifying prior ity projects. Keep checking on our website as updates are announced and to view sidewalk data m a p s h e r e : www.bendmpo.org/traffic_counts.html

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