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A
Hi
welcome
to
this
presentation
on
the
Ben
transportation
plan.
I'm
karen
sworsky
I'm,
a
Senior
Planner
with
the
city
of
Bend
I've,
had
the
honor
of
working
with
the
city
and
community
over
the
last
two
years
to
craft
the
city's
transportation
vision
and
its
plan
for
the
next
20
years.
We're
really
excited
about
the
outcome
and
the
plan
is
almost
complete.
This
short
presentation
tells
you
what's
in
it
and
how
you
can
comment
during
the
adoption
by
the
Bend
City
Council.
A
A
A
We
asked
ourselves
some
questions
to
get
going
and
the
first
one
was:
what
do
we
want
our
system
to
be
like
now
and
into
the
future,
and
in
order
to
do
that,
what
do
we
need
to
build,
and
when
do
we
need
to
build
it?
Most
importantly,
how
will
we
pay
for
it?
And,
finally,
a
really
important
to
the
community
is:
how
do
we
monitor
whether
or
not
we're
actually
doing
what
we
said?
We
were
going
to
do
how
do
we
measure
our
success?
A
We
had
a
quite
an
involved
public
process.
Over
the
last
two
years
we
had
a
transportation
Advisory
Committee
of
over
25
people
that
was
selected
by
council
from
a
pool
of
over
90
candidates.
We
also
had
a
partner,
the
City
Council,
the
Planning
Commission,
shoots
County
and
the
Oregon
Department
of
Transportation
helping,
steer
us
and
make
important
critical
decisions.
A
We
started
out
by
developing
some
goals
to
drive
the
rest
of
the
plan.
There
are
seven
goals:
they
basically
cover
safety
capacity,
access
to
jobs
and
housing
livability,
which
is
really
important
to
bend
equity,
the
environment,
economic,
health
and
funding.
A
key
part
of
starting
this
process
was
identifying
what
our
top
needs
were
today
and
then
to
the
future,
and
we
combined
a
lot
of
input
and
analysis
to
figure
out.
A
We
also
heard
that
it's
really
hard
to
get
across
town
and
anybody
who's
been
here
for
any
length
of
time
knows
that
we
have
some
major
barriers
to
east-west
travel.
We
have
a
railroad,
a
river
and
a
highway,
and
so
it's
a
challenging
thing.
There
are
limited
ways
to
get
across
town,
and
that
was
something
we
needed
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
and
energy.
Addressing
there
are
some
ongoing
projects,
such
as
Murphy,
Avenue
and
Empire
Avenue,
but
more
is
needed.
A
We
also
heard
related
to
that
is
congestion
in
general
in
key
corridors,
particularly
East
West,
particularly
Reed
Market
Road
north-south,
especially
on
the
east
side
at
27th
and
the
Bend
Parkway,
particularly
up
north.
But
there
are
other
congestion
points
on
partway,
so
we
worked
really
closely
with
ODOT
to
identify
those
projects
and
we'll
talk
about
those
in
a
second.
A
We
also
heard
loud
and
clear
from
the
community
that
we
have
not
been
doing
enough
to
support
bicycling
and
walking.
People
want
to
feel
safer
and
more
comfortable.
They
want
to
be
able
to
take
their
kids
out.
They
want
to
be
able
to
walk
and
bicycle
separate
from
the
roadways,
and
they
really
would
like
us
to
figure
out
a
way
to
make
safer,
safer
crossings.
A
We
also
spent
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
what
will
happen
when
we
have
automated
vehicles.
So
what
are
our
solutions?
Well,
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion.
A
council
was
paying
attention
to
our
work
and
decided
that
they
would
come
up
with
some
immediate
solutions
and
jumpstart
the
needed
improvements
that
were
identified
to
our
process
with
the
capital
improvement
program
for
the
next
few
years
and
dedicated
75
93
million
dollars
to
a
bunch
of
projects
which
you
are
probably
seeing
happening
in
all
parts
of
the
city.
A
The
other
things
that
we
heard
about
one
of
the
solutions
is
to
improve
the
function
of
the
Parkway,
and
this
was
where
we
worked
really
closely
with
Oregon
Department
of
Transportation
or
make
it
easier
and
safer
to
get
on
and
off.
The
parkway
fix
the
north
end
and
build
the
Murphy
Road
interchange,
which
is
the
city's
responsibility.
Those
things
will
make
the
parkway
easier
for
everyone
to
use
and
reduce
congestion
and
critical
points
in
the
question
of
improving
safety.
A
While
we
were
doing
the
work
for
the
transportation
plan,
we
were
also
doing
a
safety
analysis
of
the
city
and
we
found
some
surprising
or
maybe
not
surprising,
critical
places
where
we
had
more
crashes
than
than
expected,
and
so
we
are
addressing
those
through
projects
around
about
at
Bear,
Bear,
Creek,
Road
and
Purcell.
Road
was
one
of
our
highest
crash
areas,
and
it's
now
a
very
large
four-way
stop
the
bottom
market,
interchange
as
well,
third
Street
and
Miller,
and
then
we
have
a
city
program
to
make
regular
investments
to
improve
neighborhood,
safe
safety.
A
So
we
wanted
to
see
what
we
could
do
to
improve
connectivity.
So
I
remember
me
saying
that
we
have
these
issues
with
cross
ground,
crosstown
traffic
and
north-south
traffic.
So
we
wanted
to
look
at
where
we
could
improve
existing
roads,
such
as
Portland,
15
and
20,
to
finish
some
key
roads
such
as
Purcell
Boulevard
and
particularly
improve
read
market,
and
we
have
three
projects
identified,
the
intersection
that
highway
at
us
97
and
that
third
Street
and
15th
Street,
and
then
also
to
create
an
overpass
for
the
railroad
tracks.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we
discovered,
as
we
were
doing,
our
analysis
is
a
lot
of
the
roads
that
seem
difficult
are
difficult
because
the
intersections
need
to
be
improved.
So
we
have
a
number
of
new
roundabouts
that
we'd
like
to
install,
and
we
also
need
to
go
back
to
those
smart
traffic
signals,
particularly
on
3rd
Street,
which
synchronizes
the
signals
that
makes
traffic
flow
more
smoothly.
A
We
heard
all
about
the
fact
that
you
can
have
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes,
but
they're,
not
usable
when
there's
a
foot
of
snow
on
the
ground,
so
maintaining
facilities.
Year-Round
was
a
really
big
topic
of
discussion.
Also,
the
need
to
make
an
of
of
bicycle
facilities
that
are
friendly
to
everyone
that
we're
calling
the
low
stress,
Network
and
infill
key
missing,
sidewalks
and
then
create
connected
crosstown
routes.
So
we
have
12
what
we're
calling
key
routes
in
the
transportation
plan,
but
our
connected
series
of
protected
bike
lanes,
site-wide,
sidewalks
pathways,
etc.
A
Whatever
we
could
do
to
get
folks,
literally
from
one
side
of
town
to
the
other
north-south
and
east-west,
and
we
also
have
some
projects
that
help
us
support:
better
transit
in
coordination
with
cascade
use,
transit
identified
with
major
routes,
while
they'll
be
faster
connections
and
more
service
and
the
concept
of
hubs
where
you
can
have
bus
to
bus
transfer.
You
don't
have
to
go
all
the
way
back
to
Hawthorne
station
and
there
will
be
places
for
folks
to
rent
or
access
what
we
call
last
mile
travel.
A
A
But
we
expected
that
we'll
come
back
at
some
time.
We
are
doing
some
urban
renew
open
renewal
districts
that
will
provide
some
funding
for
some
critical
projects
in
the
Midtown
and
we're
looking
at
the
opportunity
for
local
improvement
districts
and
development
fees.
We
also
heard
loud
and
clear
from
the
community
and
our
advisory
group
that
funding
to
maintain
both
not
just
newly
infrastructure,
but
existing
infrastructure
is
really
important,
so
we
have
identified
that
as
a
critical
part
of
the
transportation
plan
to
for
funding.
A
So
these
are
that's
the
transportation
plan.
In
a
nutshell,
we
are
moving
now
to
adoption
process,
which
starts
with
a
joint
work
session,
with
the
City
Council
and
Planning
Commission
on
July
13th.
Before
that
the
whole
TSP
will
be
posted
on
the
website
for
your
review.
If
you
go
to
the
meeting
details
link,
it
will
take
you
to
a
site
that
tells
you
where
everything
is
when
where
and
how
from
then
we'll
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
hearing
same
thing.
A
In
about
the
equity
work
session
and
to
ask
questions,
you
can
contact
me
and
the
second
bullet
and
I'll
do
my
best
to
get
you
answers
or
you
can
provide
me
with
commentary
testimony
for
the
public
hearings
and
if
you
would
like,
maybe
a
more
lengthy,
detailed
presentation
like
this
one,
but
with
more
detail
to
your
Neighborhood
Association.
Go
to
that
link
and
request
that
we
can
make
that
happen
virtually,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thanks
for,
for
sticking
with
this
and
I
hope
to
see
you
at
one
of
our
hearings.