TRI-COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN FY2021-FY2023 Investing the Keep Oregon Moving Act with Recommended Services and Facilities to Better Serve Low-Income Communities within the Tri-County Region NOVEMBER 2020 TRI-COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN Tri-County Public Transportation Improvement Plan November 2020 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 2. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 STIF Legislation .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 STIF Rules Regarding the Plan ............................................................................................................. 5 2.3 HB 2017 Transit Advisory Committee .................................................................................................. 8 2.4 Projected STIF Funding ........................................................................................................................ 9 3. EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ........................................................................................................... 11 3.1 Regional and Local Transit Service Providers .................................................................................... 11 3.2 Community-Based and Long-Distance Transit Service Providers....................................................... 18 3.3 Ride Connection ................................................................................................................................. 18 4. DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................... 21 4.1 STIF Definition of Poverty .................................................................................................................. 21 4.2 Demographic Indicators of Low-Income Communities ...................................................................... 21 5 TRIMET DISTRICT ................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.1 Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 23 5.2 Proposed Funding Level ..................................................................................................................... 30 5.3 Proposed Service and Capital Improvements .................................................................................... 30 6 CLACKAMAS COUNTY ........................................................................................................................................... 35 6.1 Projected Funding .............................................................................................................................. 35 6.2 Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 35 6.3 Proposed Service Improvements........................................................................................................ 36 6.4 Proposed Capital Improvements ....................................................................................................... 42 7 MULTNOMAH COUNTY ......................................................................................................................................... 43 7.1 Projected Funding .............................................................................................................................. 43 7.2 Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 43 7.3 Proposed Capital Improvements ....................................................................................................... 46 7.4 Proposed Regional Coordination Project Funds................................................................................. 46 8 WASHINGTON COUNTY ........................................................................................................................................ 47 8.1 Supporting Plans ................................................................................................................................ 47 8.2 Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 47 8.3 Proposed Service Improvements........................................................................................................ 50 8.4 Projected HB 2017 Funding and Budget ............................................................................................ 52 9 REGIONAL COORDINATION PROGRAM AND PLAN ....................................................................................................... 55 9.1 RCP Subcommittee ............................................................................................................................ 55 9.2 RCP Project Selection Process & Criteria ............................................................................................ 56 9.3 Selected Projects ................................................................................................................................ 57 9.4 2020 PTIP Update to RCP Program .................................................................................................... 57 10 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................................... 58 Page i November 2020 Tri-County Public Transportation Improvement Plan List of Tables TABLE 1: HB 2017 REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR TRI-COUNTY REGION SUB-RECIPIENTS: FY2021 – FY2023 ...................................... 10 TABLE 2: PROJECTED HB 2017 FUNDING – CLACKAMAS COUNTY ............................................................................................. 35 TABLE 3: CLACKAMAS COUNTY SERVICE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS ............................................................................................ 37 TABLE 4: PROJECTED HB 2017 FUNDING – MULTNOMAH COUNTY ........................................................................................... 43 TABLE 5: SUMMARY OF 2-YEAR, RURAL MULTNOMAH COUNTY TRANSIT BUDGET PROPOSAL (ONLY HB 2017 FUNDS) ....................... 46 TABLE 6: WASHINGTON COUNTY AVERAGE COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ....................................................................................... 48 TABLE 7: PTIP PROJECT LIST – WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS ............................................................. 51 TABLE 8: PTIP PROJECT LIST – INVESTMENT CATEGORY AND PRIORITY CRITERIA .......................................................................... 52 TABLE 9: PROJECTED HB 2017 FUNDING – WASHINGTON COUNTY .......................................................................................... 52 TABLE 10: SUMMARY OF 2-YEAR, WASHINGTON COUNTY TRANSIT BUDGET PROPOSAL (ONLY HB 2017 FUNDS) .............................. 53 TABLE 11: RECOMMENDED RCP PROJECTS ........................................................................................................................... 57 List of Figures FIGURE 1: TRI-COUNTY REGION PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDERS ........................................................................... 12 FIGURE 2: EMPLOYER AND SELF-EMPLOYED PAYROLL TAX TRIMET SERVICE DISTRICT ................................................................... 13 FIGURE 3: DIVERSITY AND TRANSIT EQUITY INDEX ................................................................................................................... 22 FIGURE 4: TRIMET BUS AND MAX RIDERSHIP HISTORY ........................................................................................................... 23 FIGURE 5: COMPARING HOME VALUE INCREASES AND TRANSIT RIDERSHIP LOSS WITHIN THE TRIMET SERVICE DISTRICT ..................... 24 FIGURE 6: CHANGE IN TRIMET RIDERSHIP- 2001 TO 2016 ...................................................................................................... 24 FIGURE 7: CITY OF PORTLAND ROSE LANE VISION ................................................................................................................... 28 FIGURE 8: HB 2017 FUNDING ALLOCATION, FY 2021 - FY 2023 ............................................................................................ 30 FIGURE 9: PTIP SERVICE PLAN ............................................................................................................................................ 32 FIGURE 10: REGIONAL COORDINATION PROGRAM SCHEDULE ................................................................................................... 56 Attachments ATTACHMENT A: HB 2017 ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL COORDINATION PROGRAM COMMITTEE ..................................... 61 ATTACHMENT B: TRIMET LOW-INCOME FARE PROGRAM ............................................................ 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