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Review our plan goals, experience how prioritizing different types of funding impacts you and your fellow Oregonians, and test your knowledge on the planning process and learn more.

Review Our Goals

Our Goals.

Throughout 2021 and 2022, we connected with people across our state through focus groups, online open houses and surveys, committee meetings, working groups, stakeholder interviews, and comments on the project website. We gathered input on a variety of topics including what is most important to you in your daily travels. We used this feedback to develop goals and policies. And now the draft OTP is ready for your review and comments now through May 12. And to learn more about the policies, visit the project website using the button below. To learn more about the plan and how to share your feedback during the public comment period, visit the project website.

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Oregon Transportation Plan goals:

Social Equity

Meet the mobility needs of systemically excluded and historically underserved people with improved access to safe and affordable transportation. Create an equitable and transparent engagement and communications decision-making structure that builds public trust.

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Sustainability and Climate Action

Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all sectors of transportation to help achieve state goals, protect the natural environment, and invest in the resilience of the transportation system.

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Mobility

Create a resilient multimodal transportation system that enables the diverse range of community members and businesses with different needs to get from origin to destination safely, reliably, and affordably, and with minimal environmental impact.

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Safety

Enable safe travel for all people, regardless of their age, ability, race, income, or mode of transportation.

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Stewardship of Public Resources

Align diversified and evolving revenue sources to strategically, cost-effectively, and intentionally direct public resources to achieve statewide policy priorities through open decision-making processes.

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Community and Economic Vitality

Provide systems for the movement of people and goods that help communities thrive and prosper.

Test your knowledge. There’s a lot to know about transportation planning - take our quiz!

Test your Knowledge!

We’re entering the next phase of the process and hope you’ll join us in planning for the future of transportation by thinking about priorities: that is, exploring the impact of potential funding pathways and what that could mean for how we get around. Take this short quiz to see how much you know about transportation planning!

Question 1 The Oregon Transportation Plan guides investments by providing...

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The Oregon Transportation Plan sets the vision for all the ways people and goods move, including walking, biking, rolling, public transit, highways, railroads, freight, and even planes. From major bridge improvements to local sidewalk projects, an updated Oregon Transportation Plan will guide transportation investments for the whole state over the next 25+ years.

Question 2 Tradeoffs and compromise are a natural part of transportation investment decisions because...

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The hard truth is that planning for the future of transportation is going to take tradeoffs and compromise. Funding is limited, and we are going to need to prioritize and balance investments and consider options for more sustainable funding to meet needs all over the state.

Many of our state’s key transportation structures, such as tunnels and bridges, are 50 to 80 years old and are becoming less safe and operational. In some areas of the state, traffic comes to a standstill, impacting the ability to get goods to market and deliveries to people’s homes. In addition to repair and congestion on roadways, there are many areas of the state where people cannot get to their destination by biking, walking, or rolling because sidewalks and bikeways are missing. Investments are needed across the multimodal system to address all of these issues, but there is not enough funding to fully meet all of these needs.

This update to the Oregon Transportation Plan is an opportunity to outline priorities for statewide transportation funding and policies. It's going to take sustained action at state and local levels to implement the policies in the plan and create a better transportation future.

Question 3 Funding for transportation is limited because...

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Today, a good portion of Oregon’s funding for road preservation and improvement projects comes from road users through fuel tax, weight-mile tax and vehicle registrations. These funding sources are not sustainable because they are largely dependent on gas sales, which have been declining for over a decade and will decline more as vehicles become more efficient. At the same time, the cost of doing business has increased substantially and there have been very few changes to the proportion of fees people pay. Spending is quickly outpacing the money coming in. It is important to find alternative funding streams, which may include tolling and pay-per-miles-driven programs.

Question 4 How much does an Oregon driver pay per gallon of gas into the transportation system per year versus our neighbors in WA, CA, ID?

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Oregon drivers pay approximately $0.62 per gallon into the Oregon transportation system, whereas in Washington it is $1.77, in California $1.71, and in Idaho $0.87. In Oregon, other than the privilege tax on the sale price of each vehicle sold in Oregon, all motorist taxes and fees are dedicated to roads. In some of our neighboring states, motorist revenues are used to support non-highway/transit programs.

Question 5 Transportation planning is different today than 20 years ago because...

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All these listed, and many more, make transportation planning different today than it was 20 years ago. Key trends that are changing the way we move around include:

  • Oregon's population has grown over 20% since 2000, and we expect continued growth.
  • Contributing factors behind increased traffic congestion in urban and rural areas, including increased demand for goods and growth in tourism.
  • Technology that is changing the way people and goods move around.
  • Climate change impacts on our communities and natural resources.
  • Widening disparities in access to safe and convenient transportation across race, income, age, and other characteristics.

We are considering these changes as part of the Oregon Transportation Plan update to ensure that the policies created are resilient to Oregon’s changing future and help propel us towards the outcomes Oregonians desire.

Question 6 Why does planning for the future of transportation matter?

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One reason the Oregon Transportation Plan matters is because transportation is connected to many other aspects of life. Access to safe, reliable, and convenient transportation also affects our access to jobs, education, healthcare, childcare, food, housing, leisure activities and more. Because it's connected to so much, our transportation system has major implications for social equity, economic health and our ability to bounce back from natural disasters, and it has a huge impact on climate change. Today, about 40 percent of Oregon's total greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation.

On a more personal level, transportation is about movement — something we all can relate to. Almost everyone can think of a meaningful transportation experience in their lives, whether that's the first time riding a bike, or meeting someone new on the bus, or seeing the world a little differently from a window of an airplane.

In other words, transportation plays a big part in shaping our lives, and this plan shapes transportation. Updating the plan gives us a chance to create a more sustainable and equitable transportation system that gets all Oregonians where they're going safely and efficiently — and maybe even a little more joyfully. Planning for a better transportation future is a complex challenge that's going to take collaboration, compromise, and creativity on local and statewide levels.

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Explore the Outcomes. See how potential pathways for funding might affect people.

Stan

Stan is an hay farmer in his mid-50s who lives in John Day (Grant Co.). Stan and his spouse are married, each drive, and together they own three vehicles.

See how each scenario affects Stan's life.

Scenario 1 Focus on Equity & Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

I have an electric pickup truck now that I know I can charge along the roads I drive. My business costs did not skyrocket.

Roberta

Roberta is a barista in her mid-20s who lives in Lincoln City (Lincoln Co.). She is single and owns one vehicle.

See how each scenario affects Roberta's life.

Scenario 1 Focus on Equity & Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

I am slammed at the coffee shop with all the people strolling downtown nowadays, no risk of me losing my job! I’ve tried to head up north for the weekend to get a break, but the road was blocked from a landslide near the Salmon River.

Lisa

Lisa is in her 40s and lives with her partners in Redmond (Deschutes Co.). She is in a wheelchair and has one vehicle.

See how each scenario affects Lisa's life.

Scenario 1 Focus on Equity & Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

It’s nice to have more frequent buses along my route, which means I don’t have to leave super early when I need to get to an appointment in Bend. We are on a tight budget, so I really want to minimize using the car when I can.

Samantha

Samantha is married with two kids and lives in Portland (Multnomah Co.). She is carless and travels around on transit and by bicycle.

See how each scenario affects Samantha's life.

Scenario 1 Focus on Equity & Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

I am thankful to be able to align my travel with my values and not have much of a carbon footprint, while saving money. I can walk my youngest to school, while my oldest rides his bike on a very safe route. And I can easily bike to work, but also have the option of a Lyft ride. We can use a carshare service for longer family trips, it saves us money.

Charlie

Charlie is in his mid-60s and works in shoe sales in Beaverton (Washington Co.). He is single and uses his single vehicle to commute to work by interstate, but uses transit otherwise.

See how each scenario affects Charlie's life.

Scenario 1 Focus on Equity & Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

I have started using the bus for my commute instead of my car, the route near me is an express route and I can get to work within a reasonable time. I have also tried a local carpool, the new website makes it easy to connect with people going to locations near mine, kind of fun meeting new people and saves me money.

Scenario 1: Focus on Equity and Climate Change

Scenario one prioritizes investments for walking and biking, transit, and fleet electrification with a focus on providing low-cost transportation options, especially in urban areas. The goal of this scenario is to reduce negative climate impacts of transportation and reduce costs for transportation.

Scenario 2: State of Good Repair

Scenario two prioritizes investment in our existing infrastructure to make it more resilient and effective. Our roadways, rail, and transportation infrastructure are being improved with more bridges, are being seismically retrofitted, and are less likely to be closed due to storm events. Culverts are being replaced, reducing the likelihood of washouts, and innovative infrastructure helps get the most out of the infrastructure we have today.

Scenario 3: Travel Options

Scenario three maximizes non-auto options through increasing investments in more frequent and convenient transit both with inter- and intra-city travel as well as biking, walking, and electrification of infrastructure.

Scenario 4: Balanced

Scenario four would balance the many different priorities equally, resulting in improvements in many modes.

Return to Personas. See how each scenario affects other people in our community.