Portland Transportation Plan Recommendations Joint Subcommittee Meeting: Sunday December 14th at 5pm

[Zack Barowitz]

Hello Everyone. In case you have not heard, PBPAC and the UCP (& other orgs pending) have formed a joint subcommittee to make recommendations for a Portland Master Transportation Plan that the City is undertaking with the help of a yet unnamed consultant. In order to aid the City in this endeavor we will be compiling recommendations based on our collective past work and future visions. Below is a link & preliminary list based on general categories. Please add to the list as you see fit (but don't erase anything). 

We will be meeting in person on Sunday, December 14th at Argente Brewing at 5PM 

The meeting will be largely organizational but there will certainly be time for brainstorming ideas. NB: If you are interested in this project but don't have time/inclination for more meetings THAT IS OK. The purpose of a joint committee is to integrate ideas from a number of groups and their members, it is not a conclave of wise people working in a vacuum.

Thank you!

Zack

Portland Transportation Plan Recommendations

Values & Goals

1. Should this plan to an assemblage of all existing plans (a “Frankenplan”) or an eclectic integration of old and new plans & ideas

2. Vision Zero

Physical

1. Remove 295 according to the Ryan Johnson plan

1. Washington Ave x8/Roux

2. Franklin/x7

3. Forest/x6

4. Congress/Park x5

2. Arterials

1. Outer Brighton

2. Outer Congress

3. Out Washington

3. Supportive bicycle infrastructure

1. Bike lockers

4. Pedestrianization Plan of certain streets (e.g., Exchange Street/Old Port)

5. Master bikeway plan

6. 
   

Administrative

1. The City of Portland should create a Complete Streets Board to provide oversight of street planning and ensure future compliance of projects, manuals and plans with our complete streets policy and with the Vision Zero goals.
   
   

2. Hire a Sustainable Transportation Manager to facilitate revising the Street Design Manual and liaison between the  Sustainability and Transportation Committee, the Dept. of Public Works and the Planning Dept.

3. Street design manual

1. Chicanes & bumpouts

4. Portland promise bus routes

5. Public Utility car share

1. Incentive to private parking lots to house them

6. Smaller emergency vehicles

Legislative

1. Universal 20mph speed

Appendix: Plans and Reports

1. PBPAC Walk & Bicycle Audit reports

2. Liz Trice's Boulevard Greenway Report

3. Libbytown Traffic Study

4. Etc.

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[Zack Barowitz]

The Transportation Master Plan Recommendations Joint Subcommittee (aka The Supergroup) will be meeting this Sunday, 5pm at Argenta (see below). A few things that I would like to accomplish or consider are:

• Group structure & meeting time/space
• Eventual format of our final report (see outline below)
• Brainstorm ideas
• Discuss past reports & plans
• Leveraging or technology

See you soon!

Zack

82 Hanover St. - Suite 6, Portland, Maine 04101

Portland Transportation Plan Recommendations

Values & Goals

1. Should this plan to an assemblage of all existing plans (a “Frankenplan”) or an eclectic integration of old and new plans & ideas

2. 
   

Physical

1. Remove 295 according to the Ryan Johnson plan

1. Washington Ave x8/Roux

2. Franklin/x7

3. Forest/x6

4. Congress/Park x5

2. Arterials

1. Outer Brighton

2. Outer Congress

3. Out Washington

3. Supportive bicycle infrastructure

1. Bike lockers

4. Pedestrianization Plan of certain streets (e.g., Exchange Street/Old Port)

5. Master bikeway plan

6. 
   

Education & Outreach

1. Create a bike / ped safety education program at Portland Public schools.

2. Provide outreach to adults, with a focus on motorists, to foster a culture of best practices and focus on safety.

Administrative

3. The City of Portland should create a Complete Streets Board to provide oversight of street planning and ensure future compliance of projects, manuals and plans with our complete streets policy and with the Vision Zero goals.
   
   

4. Hire a Sustainable Transportation Manager to facilitate revising the Street Design Manual and liaison between the  Sustainability and Transportation Committee, the Dept. of Public Works and the Planning Dept.

5. Street design manual

1. Chicanes & bumpouts

2. [included under “chicanes”?] No wide turns at intersections. Bollards, etc. 

3. Portland promise bus routes

4. Public Utility car share

1. Incentive to private parking lots to house them

5. Smaller emergency vehicles

Legislative

1. Universal 20mph speed

2. Eliminate right-on-red

3. [Perhaps a bit visionary] Make some classes of especially murderous vehicles un-street-legal in P’land? Based on e.g., height, sight lines?

Steven Scharf

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