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MEETING: WCCC Transportation Advisory Committee DATE: Thursday, August 2, 2018 TIME: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Beaverton Library Meeting Room A 12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton

A G E N D A  1. Traffic Impact Fee Expenditure Request Action (5 min) Purpose: North Plains is seeking approval to expend TIF funds for a pedestrian crossing on Glencoe Road. Presenter: Andy Varner, North Plains

 2. TriMet HB 2017 Discussion (30 min) Purpose: Receive an update on TriMet’s HB2017 funding allocation and service enhancement scenarios. Discuss near-term fixed-route transit service and regional coordination priorities within TriMet District. Presenter: Tom Mills, TriMet

 3. Rural Transit Plan Update (10 min) Purpose: Receive a presentation on Washington County’s Rural Transit proposal for inclusion in TriMet’s STIF Plan. Presenter: Dyami Valentine, Washington County

 4. 2018 Regional Transportation Plan Update Discussion (20 min) Purpose: Discuss comments of the RTP Update. Public comment period ends August 13.

4. Transportation Development Tax Updates Information (10 min) Purpose: Debrief on guidance regarding index rate increase. Presenter: Steve Kelley, Washington County

* 5. TPAC Agenda Information (10 min) The agenda and packet for TPAC can be accessed through the following link: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/regional-leadership/metro-advisory- committees/transportation-policy-alternatives-committee

6. Other Business and Agency Updates Information (5 min)

 Material included in packet. # Material will be distributed at the meeting. * Material available electronically and/or distributed in advance of the meeting. 2018 MEETING SCHEDULE

WCCC Transportation Advisory Committee 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Thursday, August 2 – Beaverton Library, Meeting Room B Thursday, September 6 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Thursday, October 4 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Thursday, November 1 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Thursday, December 6 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room

For agenda and schedule information, call Dyami Valentine at 503.846.3821 email: [email protected]

Department of Land Use & Transportation Planning and Development Services • Long Range Planning 155 N First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 14, Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072 phone: 503-846-3519 • fax: 503-846-4412 www.co.washington.or.us/lut • [email protected]

LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION MEMORANDUM Planning and Development Services

To: Washington County Coordinating Committee TAC

From: Julie Sosnovske, Transportation Planner

Date: July 17, 2018

Subject: Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) Expenditure Request

The following request has been made for the expenditure of TIF funds:

 The City of North Plains is requesting approval for expenditure of up to $160,000 of their remaining approximately $300,000 in TIF funds for a pedestrian crossing on Glencoe Road between US 26 and West Union Road as described in the attached memo.

County staff confirmed that this project is eligible for TIF expenditure.

Attachments: North Plains Expenditure Request

155 N First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 14, Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072 • phone: 503-846-3519 • fax: 503-846-4412 www.co.washington.or.us/lut • [email protected]

CITY OF NORTH PLAINS 31360 NW Commercial Street, North Plains, Oregon 97133

MEMORANDUM Date: July 16, 2018 To: Washington County Coordinating Committee From: City Manager Andy Varner Subject: Request for Authorization to use City TIF Funds on Glencoe Road Crosswalk

The City of North Plains is requesting authorization to utilize Transportation Impact Fund (TIF) monies to install a crosswalk on Glencoe Road between the US Hwy 26 Interchange and West Union Road.

There is currently no crosswalk on this busy County road, and many pedestrians dangerously cross the street with no safe alternative. Adding a crosswalk requires an engineer’s analysis to determine the type and location, and from there we would meet the County conditions for a crossing. The estimated project cost is $100,000 - $160,000 for engineering and construction. The City is requesting expenditure approval up to $160,000 for this project. Our TIF balance is currently approximately $300,000. The entire project would be TIF funded.

A map of the area is attached, with alternatives A and B illustrated for analysis. We would like to complete the project as soon as possible.

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Memorandum

To: WCCC Transportation Advisory Committee From: Dyami Valentine, Senior Transportation Planner Date: July 26, 2018 Re: HB 2017 Transit Funding Allocation, Transit Needs and Service Enhancements

Request Tom Mills will provide an update on TriMet’s HB2017 funding allocation and service enhancement scenarios being considered by their advisory committee. Come prepared to discuss near-term fixed-route transit service and regional coordination within TriMet District as well as rural transit priorities. Provide input on proposals and identify what may be missing.

Background Oregon House Bill 2017 includes funding for transit that will allow the region to expand and improve service. The legislative intent of the statewide employee payroll tax is multi-faceted, but primarily focused on providing service to low-income populations and reduce fragmentation of services. TriMet is estimated to receive $52M annually. As a Qualified Entity, TriMet has convened an advisory committee made up of local jurisdictions, community advocates, local transit providers, rider representatives, and other constituencies to review and provide input on TriMet’s STIF plan before they are submitted to the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC). TriMet’s STIF plan is to be submitted by November 1.

Fixed-Route Enhancements In preparation for TriMet’s HB2017 funding allocations process, county staff has been working through the Transit TAC to identify the routes that could be submitted to TriMet as service priorities. Staff evaluated the routes per the criteria specified in HB 2017 for improving access for low income residents and reducing service fragmentation. The attachment summarizes the deficiencies and service needs in the county and identifies tiers of draft priorities for service. TriMet will consider the county’ priorities in developing a service plan for the HB 2017 funding.

Regional Coordination Enhancements TriMet has proposed a $3M set-aside in regional coordination funds to improve last mile shuttles within the TriMet District and/or services that help reduce fragmentation between TriMet and communities outside TriMet’s service district, but inside Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. TriMet has committed to maintain existing services including the three shuttles currently operating in Washington County (GroveLink, North Hillsboro and Tualatin) out of the $3 million annual set-aside. Expansion of those services will go through a competitive process. Applications for the regional coordination funds are due August 15. A regional coordination sub-committee will review each county’s plans and provide recommendations to TriMet’s STIF advisory committee before sending them to the OTC for final authorization and release of STIF funds.

Department of Land Use & Transportation · Planning and Development Services 155 N First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 14 · Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072 phone: (503) 846-3519 · fax: (503) 846-4412 · TTY: (503) 846-4598 · www.co.washington.or.us LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION MEMORANDUM Department of Land Use & Transportation

Rural Transit Enhancements In addition to the service in the TriMet District, HB 2017 allocates funding to Washington County outside of the TriMet and SMART districts. The Board appointed a committee to develop a rural transit plan for submission to TriMet for the STIF plan for the 3 county region. Draft service concepts are attached.

Attachments

• Transit Service Needs and Enhancement Priorities Summary • Service Enhancement Priorities Map

TRANSIT NEEDS Within the TriMet Distict, the county has grown into a very diverse and urban area and our transit needs have significantly increased.

A few quick facts: • Service hours have essentially remained flat district wide since 2000 while the region’s population has grown by 25%. The county’s population has grown even more – by 31%. • Since 2010, the County has added over 70,000 jobs or 8,500 jobs per year. That pace has accelerated in the last couple years adding over 11,000 jobs per year. This has increased traffic and need for service. • About 50% of the county’s jobs are starting wage, comparable to the 49% within the TriMet District, these workers would benefit from additional transit service. • Approximately 36% of Washington County households can be considered transit dependent earning less than $50K per year. • Washington County has grown much more diverse – most diverse in region – with over 30% non-white • Urban Washington County is nearly 40% more dense than the TriMet average and is approaching Portland’s residential density, increasing cost-effectiveness of service. • Over 32% of urban Washington County households don’t have access to any transit compared to 23% regionally. • New growth areas, including Progress Ridge, South Cooper Mountain, River Terrace and South Hillsboro will ultimately add over 17,000 households at higher densities than most of eastside Portland and do not have transit service. • Many of our major arterial corridors (including Baseline, Cornelius Pass, 170th, 209th, Walker, Durham, Tualatin Sherwood, Brookwood, Evergreen) don’t have any or have very limited fixed route service. • Only 45% of schools (k-12) within the TriMet district are served by any transit and another 10% have peak-only service, which don’t necessarily serve students when they need. • The Transportation Futures Study (2017) found that by improving and expanding transit service and providing better access to transit, transit usage could grow by as much as 200 percent in the coming decades. • On average District-wide bus travel speeds are 15% slower than they were in 2000. • Dedicated local funding enables Washington County to continue to invest in its streets to improve access and system performance for all modes.

SERVICE ENHANCEMENT GUIDELINES

STIF guidelines have specific criteria that the plan must address: • Increase frequency of bus service to areas with high percentage of low-income households • Expansion of bus routes and bus service to serve areas with a high percentage of low-income households • Fund the implementation of programs to reduce fares for low-income households • Low or no emissions buses • Improvement in the frequency and reliability of service between communities • Reduce fragmentation of service • Provide a high-school student transit service program

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Washington County has been working with TriMet, Ride Connection and city partners to identify and evaluate service enhancement priorities, including fixed-route, regional coordination and rural transit services. The service enhancement included in this memo reflect the highest ranking priorities based on a result of a sketch-level evaluation consistent with STIF criteria and TriMet’s Service Guidelines and considered the following measures: • Ridership productivity - projected weekday boarding rides per vehicle hour • Demand - combined population/jobs density • Low-income jobs and households density • Growth- the number of additional 2040 priority land uses along the route extension or new line • Connections-Number of transfer connections made possible by route extension/change Ridership estimates are based on 2015 data, so areas that have experienced significant development since then or that expect near-term growth would have higher ridership and density than used in this evaluation. Two such areas are South Hillsboro (Lines 41 and 47), and South Cooper Mountain/River Terrace (Line 56).

SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

FIXED-ROUTE ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN TRIMET DISTRICT Improvements in both service frequency and coverage are needed to meet these needs, help reduce traffic and provide travel options to those who need it most.

Establish more frequent service Frequency is a prime concern for transit users. Many bus lines in Washington County operate with insufficient frequency to make them attractive to a broad range of riders. Travel time is a critical factor for people making trips, especially people that need to get to starting wage jobs. Without reliable and frequent buses potential users, especially low-wage earners, are hesitant to use transit for fear of missing and having to wait a long time for the next bus to arrive. • Expand and upgrade the highest ridership bus lines to 15 minute frequency all day. Priority frequency upgrades would significantly improve service to the following: . PCC Rock Creek and Beaverton Transit Center via 185th Avenue and Farmington Road (Line 52) . Downtown Hillsboro and Sunset Transit Center via Cornell Road (Line 48) . Downtown Beaverton and Portland via Barnes/Burnside (Line 20) and Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (Line 54) . Downtown Beaverton and Tualatin via Hall Boulevard/Greenberg Road (Line 76)

• Increase frequency of local service All local bus service in Washington County should operate every 15 minutes or better during the morning and afternoon commute times. Midday, weekend and evening service frequency should not operate any less often than every 30 minutes. Priority frequency upgrades would significantly improve service to the following: . PCC Rock Creek and Downtown Hillsboro via Baseline and Evergreen Road (Line 47) . Sunset Transit Center and Tigard Transit Center via Murray Blvd and Scholls Ferry Road (Line 62) . PCC Willow Creek and Beaverton Transit Center via 198th Ave and Hart (Line 88)

Strengthen the Transit Grid, Fill Coverage Gaps and Build the Market for Emerging Transit Corridors Extend or change five bus routes so they better connect with areas of current and future residential and employment growth and with MAX and Frequent Service Lines, especially going north-south. Recommended

LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION MEMORANDUM Department of Land Use & Transportation improvements include: • Serving growth in South Hillsboro • Introducing service along the full extent of Baseline/Jenkins • Serving growth in South Cooper Mountain and River Terrace • Improving access to jobs in Wilsonville and Portland city center • Facilitating north-south travel between Progress Ridge and Sunset Transit Center • Invest in better access to transit in order to optimize the social, economic, and environmental benefits of existing and future transit.

Immediate service enhancements could be delivered immediately without any and/or minimal capital investment within the next one or two years. The enhancements shown in Table 1 reflect approximately $2.5M in new annual operating costs plus less than $1M in capital expenses for new buses. Making these immediate frequency and coverage improvements to existing routes would provide service benefits to an estimated 64K low-income residents and serve 69K jobs earning less than $40K/year.

Table 1. Immediate Service Enhancements Project Description Type Low-Income Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles Line 20 Improve weekday and Frequency • Over 12K residents • Estimated 90K new annual $300,000 0 (Burnside- weekend service with over 32 boardings (26-36 new Stark) frequency to 15 percent of residents boarding rides per vehicle minutes. at 200% poverty or hour) below • Connects 3 equity

• Over 15K jobs, with neighborhoods to one over half earning regional center, one town less than $40,000 center, two regional per year corridors, and Portland City Center • Connects to 16 bus lines

Line 47 Improve weekday off- Frequency • Over 35K residents • Estimated 50K annual $650,000 0 (Main/ peak service frequency with 25 percent of boardings (9-11 new Evergreen) from every 30 to 20 residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle minutes poverty or below hour) • Over 24K jobs, with • Connects 10 equity Add 30-minute evening 35 percent earning neighborhoods to and weekend service less than $40,000 Tanasbourne regional per year center, two town centers, and PCC Rock Creek campus • Connects to five bus lines, and Westside MAX

Line 48 Improve weekday off- Frequency • Over 30K residents • Estimated 75K new annual $350,000 0 (Cornell) peak and weekend with 30 percent of boardings (19 new boarding service frequency to 30- residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) minutes poverty or below • Connects 11 equity • Over 27K jobs, with neighborhoods to two Increase service span in 47 percent earning regional centers, three town the evenings less than $40,000 centers and a regional per year corridor • Connects to 13 bus lines and

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Project Description Type Low-Income Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles Westside MAX

Line 52 Beaverton TC to PCC Frequency • Nearly 34K residents • Estimated 160K new annual $703,000 1 bus th (185 / Rock Creek with 41 percent of boardings (19-33 new Farmington) residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle Improve weekday and poverty or below hour) weekend service • Over 15K jobs, with • Connects 20 equity frequency to 15- 64 percent earning neighborhoods to two minutes less than $40,000 regional centers, one town per year center and PCC Willow Creek/Rock Creek campuses • Connects to 17 bus lines, Westside MAX and WES

Line 53 Improve span to Coverage • Over 8K residents • Estimated 30K new annual $150,000 0 (Arctic- include mid-day service with 55 percent of boardings (19 new boarding Allen) residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) poverty or below • Connects 5 equity • Over 10K jobs, with neighborhoods to a regional 56 percent earning center less than $40,000 • Connects to 12 bus lines, per year Westside MAX and WES

Line 62 Improve weekend Frequency • Over 33K residents • Connects 13 equity $260,000 0 (Murray service frequency from with 33 percent of neighborhoods to a regional Blvd) 45 to 30-minutes residents at 200% center and three town poverty or below centers • Over 36K jobs, with • Connects to 17 bus lines and 50 percent earning Westside MAX less than $40,000 per year Line 88 Improve weekend Frequency • Nearly 37K residents • Estimated 40K new annual $230,000 0 th (Hart/198 ) frequency to 30- with 36 percent of boardings (17-19 new minutes residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle poverty or below hour)

• Nearly 8K jobs, with • Connects 17 equity 70 percent earning neighborhoods to two less than $40,000 regional centers per year • Connects to 14 bus lines, Westside MAX and WES

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Tier-one service enhancements illustrated in Table 2 show the highest ranking routes in terms of service to low- income households, reducing service fragmentation, ridership and relative ease of implementation. Making these near-term frequency and coverage improvements would provide service benefits to an estimated 60K low-income residents and serve 96K jobs earning less than $40K/year. Near-term enhancements reflect approximately $12M in new annual operating costs plus just over $11M in capital expenses for new buses.

Table 2. Tier-one Service Enhancements Project Description Type Estimated Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles New Line 40 New service via Main, Coverage • Over 32K residents • Estimated 400K annual $2,595,000 8 buses (Hillsboro to Baseline, and Jenkins. with 39 percent of boardings (12-16 boarding Beaverton) 30-minute weekday residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) frequency ( 5 a.m. – 8 poverty or below • Introduces service along the p.m) • Over 26K jobs, with full extent of 30-minutes weekend 38 percent earning Baseline/Jenkins frequency (eight-hour less than $40,000 • span) Connects 14 equity per year neighborhoods to three regional centers and PCC Willow Creek campus • Connects to 18 other bus lines

Line 47 Reroute to South Coverage • Nearly 30K residents • Estimated 325K new annual $1,575,000 0 (PCC-South Hillsboro via either with 19 percent of boardings (16-21 new Hillsboro) Brookwood, Century, or residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle Cornelius Pass, in poverty or below hour) conjunction with • Over 21K jobs, with • Connects 5 equity introduction of Line 40 31 percent earning neighborhoods to

less than $40,000 Tanasbourne regional per year center, two town centers, and PCC Rock Creek campus • Reroute to South Hillsboro provides connections to three additional bus lines

Line 48 Improve weekday and Frequency • Over 30K residents • Estimated 355K new annual $1,505,000 2 buses (Cornell) weekend service with 30 percent of boardings (over 20 new frequency to 15- residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle minutes poverty or below hour) All buses would run the • Over 27K jobs, with • Connects 11 equity full route from Sunset 47 percent earning neighborhoods to two TC to Hillsboro TC less than $40,000 regional centers, three town per year centers and a regional corridor • Connects 13 bus lines and Westside MAX

Line 54 (B-H Beaverton to Frequency • Over 6K residents • Estimated 330K new annual $1,528,000 ? Highway) Downtown Portland with 37 percent of boardings (15-25 new along SW Beaverton- residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle Hillsdale Hwy poverty or below hour) • Nearly 10K jobs, • Connects 4 equity Improve weekday and with 67 percent neighborhoods to two weekend service earning less than regional centers, two town

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Project Description Type Estimated Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles frequency to 15- $40,000 per year centers and a regional minutes corridor • Connects to 14 bus lines, Westside MAX and WES

Line 56 Extend from Coverage • Over 21K residents • Estimated 150K new annual $1,505,000 3 buses (Scholls Washington Square to with 27 percent of boardings (8-10 new Ferry Rd) Progress Ridge and residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle South Cooper Mountain poverty or below hour) • Nearly 15K jobs, • Connects 7 equity Maintain 30 minute with 69 percent neighborhoods to new weekday and weekend earning less than growth areas, two regional service $40,000 per year centers, two town centers and a regional corridor • Extension provides connections to two additional bus lines

Line 62 Loop through Progress Coverage • Nearly 38K residents • Estimated 110K new annual $440,000 1 peak (Murray Ridge (Murray/Scholls and with 32 percent of boardings (16 new boarding Blvd) Town Center); consider Frequency residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) combining Lines 37 and poverty or below • Connects 13 equity

62; option to run via • Nearly 36K jobs, neighborhoods to Progress 121st to Tigard with 49 percent Ridge, three town centers $640,000 6 peak earning less than and a regional corridor Improve weekday peak service frequency to 15- $40,000 per year • Connects to 17 bus lines and minutes Westside MAX

Line 76 Beaverton TC and Frequency • Nearly 25K residents • Estimated 655K new annual $2,548,000 4 buses (Beaverton/ Tualatin generally along with 43 percent of boardings (22-34 new Tualatin) SW Hall Blvd, via residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle Washington Square. poverty or below hour) • Over 37K jobs, with • Connects 12 equity Improve weekday and 60 percent earning neighborhoods to two weekend service less than $40,000 regional centers, two town frequency to 15- minutes per year centers and a regional corridor • Provides direct feeder service to Southwest Corridor • Connects to 27 bus lines, Westside MAX and WES

Line 96 Extend from Commerce Coverage • Nearly 8K residents • Estimated 130K new annual $1,200,000 2 buses (Downtown Circle to SMART Central with 26 percent of boardings (10 new boarding th Portland or via 95 Avenue and residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) Tualatin to Boberg Road poverty or below • Extension connects 3 equity SMART • Nearly 16K jobs, neighborhoods to a station Central) 30 minute weekday and with 56 percent community weekend service earning less than • Provides direct feeder $40,000 per year service to Southwest Corridor • Extension connects to

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Project Description Type Estimated Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles SMART system and WES

Tier-two service enhancements illustrated in Table 3 show the second highest ranking routes. These enhancements reflect approximately $13.5M in new annual operating costs plus just over $16M in capital expenses for new buses. Making these frequency and coverage improvements would provide service benefits to an estimated 56K low-income residents and serve 60K jobs earning less than $40K/year.

Table 3. Tier-two Service Enhancements Project Description Type Low-Income Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles Line 36 Extend from Tualatin Coverage • Nearly 6.5K • Introduces service along $1,575,000 3 buses (South Park & Ride to King City and residents with over Durham Road and access to Shore) via SW Durham Rd. Frequency 24 percent of Tigard High School residents at 200% • Estimated 200K new annual Improve weekday poverty or below boardings (9-13 new service frequency to 30 • Over 9K jobs, with boarding rides per vehicle minutes over 60 percent hour)

Add evening and earning less than • Connects 2 equity weekend service $40,000 per year neighborhoods to King City, Lake Oswego and Lake Grove

Coordinate with Line 37 town centers, with peak and SW Corridor service to Portland city center • Extension connects to two additional bus lines

Line 37 Extend from Tualatin Coverage • Over 21K residents • Estimated 260K new annual $1,860,000 4 buses (Lake Park & Ride to Tigard and with 26 percent of boardings (12-15 new Grove) TC and Progress Ridge Frequency residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle poverty or below hour) Improve weekday • Over 5.5K jobs, with • Introduce all-day service on service frequency to 30 44 percent earning Bonita Road and Kruse Way minutes less than $40,000 • Connects 4 equity Add evening and per year neighborhoods to four town weekend service centers and two main streets, including Progress Coordinate with Line 36 Ridge and SW Corridor • Provides direct east-west feeder service to Southwest Corridor • Extension connects to nine additional bus lines

New Line 30-minute weekday Coverage • Nearly 19K residents • Estimated 85K annual $1,550,000 3 buses 49 (Sunset frequency ( 5 a.m. – 8 with 14 percent of boardings (4-6 boarding TC to PCC p.m) residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) Rock Creek) poverty or below • Connects 1 equity 30-minutes weekend • Over 5.5K jobs, with neighborhoods to three frequency (eight to 12- 57 percent earning town centers and PCC Rock hour span) less than $40,000 Creek campus

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Project Description Type Low-Income Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles per year • Connects to seven bus lines and Westside MAX

Line 59 Extend to Quatama Coverage • Over 24K residents • Estimated 150K new annual $1,200,000 3 buses (Walker Rd) MAX and reroute and with 34 percent of boardings (10 new boarding eastern end to Frequency residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) terminate at Beaverton poverty or below • Connects 12 equity Transit Center • Over 28K jobs, with neighborhoods to a regional

38 percent earning centers and four regional Expand weekday less than $40,000 corridors service to midday with 30-minute frequency per year • Reroute and extension provides connections to eleven additional bus lines, MAX and WES

Line 62 Improve weekday and Frequency • Nearly 38K residents • Estimated 485K new annual $1,400,000 No (Murray weekend service with 32 percent of boardings (17-22 new additional Blvd) frequency to 15- residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle compared minutes poverty or below hour) Tier 1 • Nearly 36K jobs, • Connects 13 equity with 49 percent neighborhoods to Progress earning less than Ridge, three town centers $40,000 per year and a regional corridor • Connects to 17 bus lines and Westside MAX

Line 67 Extended to cover parts Coverage • Nearly 46K residents • Estimated 500K new annual $2,600,000 5 buses (Bethany/ of Lines 45 and 92. and with 22 percent of boardings (14-19 new th 158 ) Improve PM peak to Frequency residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle poverty or below hour) 20-minute weekday • Nearly 15K jobs, • Extension connects 8 equity service frequency with 59 percent neighborhoods to Bethany

earning less than and PCC Rock Creek campus Add 30-minute weekend service $40,000 per year and to two additional town centers • Connects to 14 additional bus lines and WES

Line 88 Line 88 extension via Coverage • Over 48K residents • Estimated 200K new annual $1,958,000 4 buses th (Hart/198 ) Cornell, Brookwood, and with 34 percent of boardings (8-11 new and Jacobson could Frequency residents at 200% boarding rides per vehicle replace parts of the poverty or below hour) North Hillsboro shuttle. • Nearly 20K jobs, • Connects 20 equity

with 57 percent neighborhoods to a regional Improve weekday peak earning less than center, a town center and a to 15-minutes $40,000 per year regional corridor • Connects to four additional bus lines (Lines 46, 47, 48 and 59)

Tier-three service enhancements illustrated in Table 4 show the third highest ranking routes and approximately $7M in new annual operating costs plus just under $9M in capital expenses for new buses. Making the long-term 8

LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION MEMORANDUM Department of Land Use & Transportation frequency and coverage improvements would provide service benefits to an estimated 9K low-income residents and serve 18K jobs earning less than $40K/year.

Table 4. Tier-three Service Enhancements Project Description Type Low-Income Pop and Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Employment Cost Vehicles

New Line New service via 25th, Coverage • Over 16K residents • Estimated 75K annual $1,410,000 3 buses 41 (Jones Brookwood, Main, and with 24 percent of boardings (4-6 boarding Farm to Century/Cornelius Pass residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) South to South Hillsboro. poverty or below • Introduces service along 25th Hillsboro) • Over 9.5K jobs, with Avenue and Brookwood 30-minute weekday 29 percent earning • Connects 3 equity frequency less than $40,000 neighborhoods to South 30-minutes weekend per year Hillsboro frequency • New service connects to five bus lines and Westside MAX

Line 45 Reroute to Beaverton Coverage • Over 8K residents • Estimated 400K annual $3,900,000 9 buses (Beaverton and SE Portland provides with 38 percent of boardings (9-10 boarding to Tacoma access to the Beaverton residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) St MAX) regional center, via poverty or below • Provides connections to 11 Sellwood Bridge. • Over 12K jobs, with additional bus lines and

51 percent earning Westside MAX 15-minute weekdays and less than $40,000 • Saturday and 30-minute Provides direct east-west Sunday per year feeder service to Southwest Corridor

Line 97 Extension of Line 97 or a Coverage • Over 5K residents • Estimated 150K new annual $1,751,000 3 buses (Tualatin- new service via Lower and with 33 percent of boardings (7-9 new boarding Barbur TC) Boones Ferry to PCC Frequency residents at 200% rides per vehicle hour) Sylvania poverty or below • Connects 4 equity 30-minute weekday • Over 14K jobs, with neighborhoods to two town frequency ( 5 a.m. – 8 62 percent earning centers, two regional p.m) less than $40,000 corridors and PCC Sylvania 30-minutes weekend frequency (eight-hour per year campus span) • Provides direct east-west service to Southwest Corridor • Extension connects to nine additional bus lines and WES

REGIONAL COORDINATION ENHANCEMENTS In mid-January 2018, TriMet’s HB 2017 Transit Advisory Committee approved $3 million, annually, in STIF funding for the Regional Coordination Program (RCP) for last mile shuttles within the TriMet District and/or services that help reduce fragmentation between TriMet and communities outside TriMet’s service district, but inside Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. No projects may duplicate TriMet fixed route service. Table 5 illustrates regional coordination service enhancements being considered in Washington County.

Table 5. Regional Coordination Service Enhancements

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Project Description Priority Criteria Operating Cost Additional Estimate Vehicles Expanded Add hours to GroveLink, North • Three shuttles combine for 105K annual $1,600,000 8 shuttles Shuttle Hillsboro and Tualatin weekday boardings (10 boarding rides per vehicle hour) Services operation (earlier, later and mid- • First and last mile connectivity between fixed day) and weekend service route service and employment and residential areas Add one or two community • Improve intra-county travel between residential, connector shuttles where fixed- activity and employment centers route service may not be feasible • Improves access to jobs for people of color, and limited English proficiency and low-income populations

RURAL TRANSIT ENHANCEMENTS Rural Washington County is currently served by five transit providers: • Columbia County operates a system of shuttle buses collectively called the “CC Rider,” including two routes that extend southward into Washington County. The Nehalem Valley Route provides service between Vernonia, Stub Stewart State Park, Staley’s Junction, and TriMet’s Willow Creek Transit Center, generally following Highway 47, Highway 26, and 185th Avenue. The St Helens/Scappoose to Hillsboro/Beaverton route connects St Helens and Scappoose in Columbia County with destinations in central Washington County, including the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus, the Tanasbourne Regional Center, and Willow Creek Transit Center. • Northwest POINT (Public Oregon Intercity Transit) is one of three inter-city shuttle bus routes in Oregon operated by the private sector OC&W Coachways, with supplemental funding from ODOT. This particular route -provides twice-daily round trips between Portland Union Station, Cannon Beach, and Astoria. The service includes a “flag stop” in Manning along Highway 26 in western Washington County • Tillamook County Transportation District Tillamook County’s bus service, known as “The Wave,” includes a route from Tillamook to the Portland metro area. Route 5 Tillamook-Portland provides two round trips per day, seven days a week, with stops at the Tillamook Forest Center, Banks, North Plains, Tanasbourne, and the Sunset Transit Center. The route continues to Union Station in downtown Portland. • Ride Connection provides demand-responsive and a fixed-route transit service in rural Washington County. Ride Connection also offers a number of educational programs intended for older adults and people with disabilities, including one-on-one travel training and group travel training. Ride Connection is funded through an agreement with TriMet, and with grants from federal, state, foundation, corporate and individual entities. o The demand-responsive service includes door-to-door paratransit for seniors, people with disabilities and transportation-disadvantaged commuters. Trip purposes for Rural Demand Response vary, but a recent assessment suggests that over 40 percent are for personal purposes, over 30 percent are for work/school, and 10 percent for life-sustaining/medical/nutritional. Expansion of Demand Response service may entail connecting to areas where there is a concentration of medical services; allowing for rural to rural rides; allowing urban to rural; and allowing for trip chaining when a rural ride comes into the TriMet district. Any expansion in service will leverage existing federal 5311 funds. o The deviated fixed-route transit service, called the Washington County Community Bus (soon to be rebranded as West Link) connects Forest Grove, North Plains, Banks and Hillsboro. • The Yamhill County Transit area (YCTA) provides a hub-and-spoke network of bus routes centered in McMinnville. Two YCTA routes extend into Washington County. Route 33 connects McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Gaston, Forest Grove, and Hillsboro. The 99W Link consists of three related bus routes that

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connect McMinnville, Lafayette, Dayton, Dundee, Newberg, Sherwood, and Tigard. The 99W Link service terminates at Tigard Transit Center, providing connections to TriMet’s WES and bus #12-Barbur/Sandy.

Figure 1. Rural and Inter-county Transit Services

Rural transit service enhancements shown in Table 6 build upon and leverage existing services and funding programs. In order to ensure the level of service match the community’s needs further planning and public outreach will be required.

Table 6. Rural Transit Service Enhancements Project Description Other Priority Criteria Operating Additional Cost Estimate Vehicles WestLink Add additional weekday runs • Approximately 2K annual boardings $104,000 2 shuttles • Improve intra-county travel between rural residential, activity and employment centers

Expand Extend the boundary to access • Approximately 12K annual boardings Dependent TBD Demand medical services and shopping, • First and last mile connectivity between fixed on demand Response route service, medical services and daily needs, Services Add urban to rural connections and both urban and rural employment and residential areas Add rural to rural connections

Add trip chaining in urban areas Expand Inter- Coordinate with Tillamook • Improvement in the frequency and reliability of TBD regional WAVE, Yamhill and Columbia service between communities Services County transit providers to add stops and service

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Date: July 27, 2018

To: WCCC TAC

From: Chris Deffebach

Subject: Comments on Regional Transportation Plan

After three years of work by you and others on project lists, work groups and more, the 2018 Update for the Regional Transportation Plan is open for public comments. The TAC agenda includes time for members to share observations on the plan and discuss your comments. Comments are due to Metro by August 13. TPAC will be asked to take action on the RTP on October 5 with action by JPACT following on October 18. Changes that you and others submit will be considered at those meetings.

Following adoption of the RTP, local jurisdictions have one year or more, depending on a schedule adopted by Metro, to come into compliance with the RTP.

The RTP is big with eight chapters and four modal strategies (Freight, Transit, Technology, and Safety). Though all are relevant, RTP chapters that you may find most relevant that have changed since the 2014 RTP include the following:

• Transportation System Policies in Chapter 3 --These will direct funding and other regional priorities. • Project lists in Chapter 6 --Last chance to review that your projects are included and see what is planned for the region. • Performance outcomes from the planned system in Chapter 7. Relevant data for consideration of what is missing/needed in the system. • Regional studies, corridor refinement plans and other proposed projects in Chapter 8. See if the proposed actions address deficiencies.

The WCCC may also want to weigh in on important policy issues and directions for future studies and your input on these priorities would be helpful.

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