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Tv Highway Corridor Project TV HIGHWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT Opportunities and Cost Estimates AUGUST 2019 Forest Grove Cornelius Cornelius/Rural Hillsboro Hillsboro Aloha Beaverton OR217 to US26 • Enhanced midblock • Sidewalk infill and • Complete street-type • Downtown • Enhanced midblock pedestrian • Complete street and enhanced transit between • Complete street along Hall Blvd, Watson Ave, and • Study opportunities for pedestrian crossings, lighting, pedestrian boulevard between 330th and Hillsboro Transit crossings, upgraded intersections, Cornelius Pass Road and 160th Avenue Canyon Rd, cycle track or shared use path, pedestrian center median, protected street trees, ADA ramp crossings 345th Avenues with 4, 11' Center and bus stop improvements, lighting, • Raised median at warranted locations scale lighting, intersection improvements and cycle-tracks, sidewalk infill, upgrades, and sidewalk between Yew travel lanes, center planted street two-way street trees, ADA ramp upgrades, • Pedestrian-scale lighting wayfinding pedestrian crossings and bus widening/infill between Hwy Street and 345th median, protected cycle-tracks, conversion and sidewalk widening/infill • Protected and separated bike lanes and • Construct at-grade rail crossing safety improvements at pull-outs 47 and Yew Street Avenue sidewalks and bus pull-outs between SW 17th Avenue and improved sidewalks six intersections in downtown Beaverton to establish • Cost estimate reflects these High level cost Cornelius Pass Road • Transit priority treatments Rail Road Quiet Zone to mitigate noise impacts projects at key locations (e.g. High Level Cost Estimate: High level cost High Level Cost Estimate: estimate: $5-10M • Bus stop enhancements • Construct improvements to enhance parallel bike routes transit stops): $10-15M estimate: $5-10M $10-15M High level cost estimate: $45-55M on Broadway and Millikan • Center median High-level cost estimate: $60-75M (curbside • Reconstruct and extend Millikan Way as a complete • Pedestrian crossings bus); $90-120M (center-running bus) street between Watson and Lombard and connect to • Sidewalk improvements Council Creek Regional Trail Beaverton Transit Center High level cost estimate: $25M Evergreen Rd High level cost estimate: High level cost estimate: $50-65M $15-20M Nehalem Hwy Glencoe Rd PORTLAND Jackson School Rd Porter Rd Susbauer Rd 26 Cornelius Shein Rd Martin Rd Cornell Rd FOREST GROVE Hillsboro Walker Rd Council Creek Regional Trail Rd Cornelius Pass Transit MAX Blue Line Center Line 57 Pacific Ave Tualatin Valley Hwy HILLSBORO Layover 19th Ave Century Blvd Main St B St CORNELIUS 10th Ave 158th Ave 32nd Ave 10th Ave Brookwood Ave Brookwood Cypress St 1st Ave River Rd 26 ALOHA MAX Blue Line Tualatin Valley Hwy MAX Red Line 8 Beaverton Patton Rd Transit Cedar Hills Blvd Tualatin Valley Hwy Center Canyon Rd 47 Hillsboro Hwy Hillsboro Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy Scholls Ferry Rd Fern Hill Rd 209th Ave 170th Ave 198th Ave 185th Ave River Rd 219 Golf Course Rd Murray Blvd Allen Blvd Farmington Rd 10 Hall Blvd 217 Rood Bridge Rd Denney Rd PORTLAND BEAVERTON Corridor Wide Complete Streets • Narrower lanes Complete streets is a transportation policy and design approach • Enhanced pedestrian crossings for safer access to transit that requires streets to be planned, designed, operated, and • Improved lighting for visibility maintained to enable safe, convenient and comfortable travel • Fill in sidewalk and ADA ramp gaps and access for users of all ages and abilities regardless of their • Transit signal priority to improve bus speed and reliability mode of transportation. 5 TIGARD Prepared by HDR for Washington County in coordination with the cities of Beaverton, Cornelius, 0 1/2 1 2 miles Legend: TV Hwy/OR 8 Corridor Forest Grove, and Hillsboro, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and Trimet Critical Intersection TV HIGHWAY CORRIDOR PROJECT Potential Transit Improvement Opportunities AUGUST 2019 Corridor Wide • Construct stop improvements and relocate to far side as warranted • Install Transit Signal Priority at intersections to increase bus speed and reliability • Construct pedestrian access to transit improvements • Upgrade fleet Evergreen Rd PORTLAND Susbauer Rd Glencoe Rd Downtown Hillsboro Transit Center and street two-way conversion Jackson School Rd Porter Rd Cornelius Shein Rd 26 Martin Rd Cornell Rd FOREST GROVE Hillsboro Walker Rd Council Creek Regional Trail Rd Cornelius Pass Transit MAX Blue Line Center Line 57 Tualatin Valley Hwy HILLSBORO Layover Century Blvd Westbound BAT Main St B St CORNELIUS lane from 24th Merlo garage expansion to 10th Ave 158th Ave Line 57 layover 10th Ave Westbound accommodate larger fleet 32nd Ave Ave to Minter facility retrofit Bridge Rd signalized queue Westbound Westbound inside Cypress St jump at queue bypass Center Running Transit signalized queue jump 1st Ave River Rd Brookwood Pkwy ALOHA lanes at 209th Ave Lane Opportunity from Ave, 205th Ave, 26 Eastbound queue Brookwood 153rd to 192nd Aves bypass lane at 11th Ave and 198th Ave MAX Red Line Tualatin Valley Hwy MAX Blue Line Beaverton 185th Ave Transit Patton Rd Eastbound 8 Eastbound Cedar Hills Blvd Center Tualatin Valley Hwy signalized signalized Westbound Canyon Rd queue jump queue jump at BAT lane from Hillsboro Hwy Hillsboro 47 at 24th Ave Century Blvd 67th Ave to Westbound Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy Scholls Ferry Rd Fern Hill Rd 198th Ave BAT lane River Rd Century Blvd Eastbound 170th Ave between Murray Blvd Westbound BAT 160th and BAT lane at lane between Golf Course Rd 219 Murray Blvd Allen Blvd Line 57 layover 209th Ave 170th Aves Tualaway and 153rd Aves facility retrofit at Rood Bridge Rd Beaverton Transit Farmington Rd 10 Denney Rd 217 Center PORTLAND BEAVERTON Hall Blvd 5 TIGARD Legend: OR 8 Corridor Signalized Queue Jumps Prepared by HDR for Washington County in coordination with the cities of Beaverton, Cornelius, 0 1/2 1 2 miles Forest Grove, and Hillsboro, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and Trimet Facility Improvements Center Lane Operation Opportunity BAT Lanes/Queue Bypass Lanes SURVEY FINDINGS: OVERVIEW NOTE: Participants in this survey were self-selected and the results are not statistically valid. Instead, the survey responses offer qualitative insights into lived experiences on corridors, and their responses to and suggestions about possible regionwide programs. The 2020 Transportation Investment Measure Survey was made public on May 6 and closed on July 8, 2019. 3,458 responses were collected. Overall, survey responses highlighted strong support for transportation improvements and investments that prioritize pedestrian and bicycle safety, as well as improvements that aim to mitigate and decrease greenhouse gas emissions and to support safe traffic flow with strong support for prioritizing transit during peak travel times. The summary below includes highlights from each of the main sections of the survey – providing a snapshot of the key learnings, emerging themes, and responses from survey participants. The summary is split into three core sections: Demographics, Corridors, and Transportation Improvements. Survey participants were invited to respond to a series of optional demographic questions, including the zip code of their home address; information about their gender and racial/ethnic identity, as well as information pertaining to any experience or identity of living with a disability, age, and household income. Most questions provided a variety of drop-down options, responses were optional, and provided room to write in additional answers or responses they felt were not provided within the menu of choices built into the survey. Out of those who completed the optional demographic question, responses highlighted the following trends: Most respondents (55%) lived within a Multnomah County Zip Code 11% of survey participants self-identified with a racial and/or ethnic identity other than white, with 89% of respondents identifying as white. 53% of respondents identified as Woman, 44% as Man, 2% identified as Gender Non- Conforming and 1% self-identified as Transgender 46% of respondents were under the age of 44 15% of respondents identified as living with a disability, with 5% of those defining their disability as Ambulatory (which was defined as ‘unable or having serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs’) 61% of survey respondents had a household income (pre-tax) over $74,999 These findings when presented in comparison to demographics for the region showed the survey respondents to be mostly representative of the demographics of the Metro region as a whole, with the exception of age and household income (in which survey participants presented as older than the median age, and experienced a household income higher than the median household income for the Metro region). A full summary of these demographic findings has been included in Appendix A. EXPERIENCES ON TUALATIN VALLEY HIGHWAY I travel in this Tualatin Valley Hwy corridor by car. 53% I travel this corridor by bus or train. 8% I travel in this I work or attend corridor by bike. school on or near 5% this corridor. 12% I live on or near I walk in this this corridor. corridor. 17% 5% TUALATIN VALLEY HIGHWAY: COMMENTS FOR DECISION MAKERS Respondents would like to see transit improvements that fall in-line with housing and business development in South Hillsboro. Traffic light timing is an issue for many community members, with a large number of respondents expressing the need for synched lights during heavy travel periods. Infrastructure and Design “Awful road planning. Too many
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