Exhibit A

 

 

 

Metro’s Transportation Priorities 2006-09 Process

 

The Transportation Priorities program is Metro’s regional process to identify transportation projects and programs that will receive regional flexible funds in federal fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

 

The policy objectives adopted by Metro direct the region’s distribution of $41.75 million in federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) and Congestion Management Air Quality (CMAQ) funds over the 2006 and 2007 timeframe. These funds account for about 4% of the total annual spending on transportation programs and projects in this region. These funds are highly scrutinized since they can be spent on a wide range of transportation programs and projects unlike many more restrictive federal funding sources.

 

This year the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) and the Metro Council adopted new policy direction for the allocation of regional flexible funds for the 2006-09 Transportation Priorities process. The two policy bodies agreed that the primary policy objective for this allocation is to leverage economic development in priority 2040 land use areas through investments that support:

 

•  2040 Tier I and II mixed-use areas (central city, regional centers, town centers, main streets and station communities)

•  2040 Tier I and II industrial areas (regionally significant industrial areas and industrial areas)

•  2040 Tier I and II mixed-use and industrial areas within UGB expansion areas with completed concept plans

 

Other policy objectives include:

 

•  Emphasis on modes that do not have other sources of revenue

•  Complete gaps in modal systems

•  Develop a multi-modal transportation system

•  Meet the average annual requirements of the State Implementation Plan for air quality for the provision of pedestrian and bicycle facilities

 

The program will address these policy directives by:

 

•  Providing financial incentive to nominate projects that leverage economic development in priority 2040 land use areas by granting such projects a maximum regional match of 89.73 %. Projects that do not meet the 2040 land use threshold will only be eligible for a regional match of 70%.

•  Providing technical ranking criteria that are dedicated to favoring land uses served by candidate transportation projects or programs. 40 out of 100 points in the technical evaluation score are land use related.

The City of Portland’s submittal follows the directives cited above and provide for a wide range of modal, programmatic, maintenance and efficiency oriented programs and projects. The specific project costs and categories are subject to change during the preparation of applications.

 

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MTIP)

2006-09

Project Category                Request Amount

                    (in $ millions)

A.  Green Streets

 

Goal: To provide for effective removal of storm water runoff from piped systems and infiltration of storm water near source of runoff.

 

Project Title:

NE Cully Boulevard: Prescott St. - Columbia Blvd.          $3.78 m.

 

B.  Roadway Capacity and Bridge

 

Goal: To reduce congestion an enhance safety regional consistent with vehicle miles traveled targets.

 

Project Titles:

SE Foster/Barbara Welch Intersection            $3.20 m.

Sellwood Bridge (Planning/Environmental)            $3.60 m.

 

C.  Road Reconstruction

 

Goal: To improve facilities to current urban standards and provide long term maintenance benefits.

 

Project Titles:

NW 23rd Ave. Reconstruction: Burnside – Lovejoy St.        $1.87 m.

Naito Parkway Reconstruction              $1.42 m.

 

D.  Freight

 

Goal: To improve efficiency of the freight system.

 

Project Title:

Ledbetter Overcrossing                $3.00 m.

N. Lombard St.: Rivergate Blvd. to Terminal 6          $4.42 m.

 

E.  Boulevard

 

Goal: To enhance walking, biking and use of transit and improve multi-modal safety.

 

Project Titles:

NE Killingsworth St.: Interstate - MLK            $2.77 m.

E. Burnside: River to 12th Ave. (Prelim. Engineering)        $2.00 m.

 

F.  Pedestrian

 

Goal: To encourage walking as a form of travel.

 

Project Titles:

SE Tacoma Street: 6th - 21st  Avenues            $1.29 m.

SW Capitol Hwy.: Multnomah-Taylors Ferry (Pre. Engineering)      $0.60 m.

SE Hawthorne   Blvd.: 20th - 55th Avenues            $0.65 m.

 

G.  Bicycle

 

Goal: To encourage the use of bicycles as a mode of travel

 

Project Titles:

Springwater Trail - Sellwood Gap (P. E./Right-of-Way)        $1.35 m.

Marine Drive Multi-Use Path                $1.35 m.

 

H.  Transit

 

Goal: To improve transit ridership, service efficiency and passenger experience and provide regionally coordinated improvements.

 

Project Title:

Eastside Streetcar (Pre. Engineering)              $1.00 m.

 

I.  Transportation Options

 

Goal: To increase alternative mode share for transit, walk, shared-ride, telecommute or elimination of trip.

 

Project Title:

TravelSmart        .            $0.30 m.

 

J.  Transit Oriented Development

 

Goal: To increase alternative mode access and employment and/or residential densities from new development.

 

Project Title:

Interstate Corridor or I-205 Corridor TOD            $0.50 m.

 

Total Recommended Projects              $33.10 m.