Light Rail Alternative
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I-5 Corridor MAX Line Hayden Island – South Waterfront A True Congestion Relief Alternative to the Rose Quarter I-5 Freeway Widening Project and a catalyst for the Albina Vision Trust AORTA August 2020 Reduce Congestion Accommodate Demand Reduce Demand Increase Capacity Increase Cost Provide Alternative Rose Quarter/ I-5 Freeway Widening Project Reduce Congestion Accommodate Demand Reduce Demand Increase Capacity Increase Cost Provide Alternative Rose Quarter/ I-5 Freeway Widening Project ODOT’s Proposal Reduce Congestion Accommodate Demand Reduce Demand Increase Capacity Increase Cost Provide Alternative Rose Quarter/ I-5 Freeway Widening Project AORTA’s Proposal Served by Public Transit Served by Public Regional Trips Trips Regional I-5 Corridor - I-205 Corridor Poorly Needed Exists 5 Corridor - I Needed Regional I-5 Corridor MAX Line (Future) Rose Quarter TC Missing North- South Link South Portland I-5 Corridor MAX Line C-Tran’s “Vine” extended to Hayden Island Hayden Island Sta. Yellow Line extended 0.6-mi. new track (3 min.) To Hayden Island Connecting Link Purple and Yellow Line combined headways (every 6-minutes) 5.7-mi. existing track (19 min.) Rose Quarter Sta. Missing Link 1.6-mi. new track (7 min.) OMSI South Waterfront Sta. 0.6-mi. existing track (3 min.) N #12 #19 Rose Quarter Station #20 Tilikum Crossing Missing Link OMSI Station Hawthorne Station Burnside Station at Ramp Level at Ground Level MAX Purple Line above UPRR Existing MAX Platform New I-5 Corridor Line Existing Yellow (Orange) Line Rose Quarter Transit Center Interchange with all MAX Lines and #4, 8, 35, 44, 77 and 85 Bus Lines SE First Ave MAX & Bikeway Alignment above UPRR Main Line C-Tran’s “VINE” Bus New Hayden Island Station MAX on structure Connecting Link Multi-modal Bridge (MAX, Cars, Bikes, Peds.) EXPO Rd Extension Existing EXPO Station MODA Center Coliseum Oregon Convention Center Platform Steel Bridge Existing MAX Yellow, Blue, Green and Red Lines MODA Center Coliseum Oregon Convention Center Platform Steel Bridge To OMSI New Purple I-5 Corridor MAX Line MODA Center Coliseum Oregon Convention Center Oregon Convention Center Subway Station Platform Steel Bridge Future MAX Subway Line Moda Center Coliseum Oregon Convention Center 12 Acre Transit Center Site Albina Transit Hub 1942 Albina Future I-5 Freeway FLINT AVE Albina Albina Neighborhood Demolished for Memorial Coliseum and Parking Lot Albina Transit 5 Freeway 5 Center - I Site Albina Transit Hub Main Street–Science World Skytrain Station, Vancouver, BC Gilmore Skytrain Station, Vancouver, BC 2020 Upper Albina Demolished for I-5 Freeway 1963 Albina Vision Trust obtains air rights over freeway from ODOT Freeway Cut Construction over Existing Freeway Free-span Trusses by NGO Buildings by NGO N Flint Ave N. Vancouver Ave N. Williams Ave Structures Over Existing I-5 Freeway N Flint Ave N. Vancouver Ave N. Williams Ave Landscaped Cover Over the Existing Freeway N Vancouver Ave Str. N Williams Ave Str. Str. Public Cover Bike Bridge NE Victoria Ave Cover Over the Existing Freeway Benefits of an I-5 Corridor MAX Line over The I-5 Rose Quarter widening Project • Reduces rather than accommodates freeway traffic. • Increases capacity for trucks by attracting commuters to transit. • Reduces rather than increases Greenhouse Gas emissions. • Improved transit reduces traffic on ramps and local streets. • Avoids demolition of five structurally sound freeway overpasses. • Preserves historic Flint Ave for bikes and emergency vehicles. • Avoids years of disruption to local neighborhoods, businesses, public transit and general circulation due to demolition and reconstruction of valuable infrastructure. • Avoids construction of wide radius and unsafe street crossings. • Allows construction of a Clackamas Bike Bridge if needed. • Allows for structures to be built above existing I-5 Freeway. • Provides a north-south bike express route through inner eastside. • Provides light rail and local road access to Hayden Island. • Would cost less than the I-5 Rose Quarter Project..