I5 Transportation and Trade Partnership

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A Bi-State Project Lessons Learned
Bruce Warner, Director Oregon Department of
Transportation
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I-5 Corridor Columbia River Crossings at
Portland-Vancouver
WASHINGTON
BNSF Rail Bridge
I-5 Bridge
Vancouver
Port of Vancouver
Port of Portland
I-205 Bridge
Portland International Airport
Portland
OREGON
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Duration of Morning and Evening Peak-Period
Traffic on the I-5/Columbia River Bridge and
Approaches in 2000 and 2020
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Freight Rail Congestion Comparisons (over 96
hour period)
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Phase 1 Committee Charge

• What is the Magnitude of the Problem in the
  Corridor?
• What Is the Cost of Inaction?
• What Improvements are Needed?
• How Can the Improvements Be Funded?
• What are the Next Steps?

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Phase 1 Findings

• Doing nothing in the I-5 Corridor is
  unacceptable.
• There must be a multi-modal solution in the I-5
  Corridor -- there is no silver bullet.
• Transportation funds are limited. Paying for
  improvements in the Corridor will require new
  funds.
• The region must consider measures that promote
  transportation-efficient development.
• balance of housing and jobs
• better traffic management
• Region needs to develop strategic plan for the
  Corridor.

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Community Forum Approximately 80-100
members Cross-section of Community Meets six
times at major milestones and additionally as
needed. Neighborhoods, Businesses, Interest
Groups
General Public
Governors Task Force 28 member committee of
representatives from Washington and
Oregon. Members are from private business,
community groups, environmental groups, and the
public sector.

• State and Regional Decision-making Bodies
• Bi-State Committee
• Metro and the Southwest Washington Regional
  Transportation Council
• Oregon and Washington Transportation Commissions

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Involvement of the Community

• Task Force membership
• Community Forum
• Design workshops
• Public input at milestones
• Environmental justice stakeholder meetings
• Public comment at meetings

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I-5 Partnership Public Outreach Activities

• Mailings (up to 45,000 people)
• E-mail
• Canvassing
• 7 rounds of open houses/public meetings
• Visits with neighborhood, business and other
  groups
• Website -- information and surveys (over 4,500
  primary computers have accessed the site over
  330,000 times)
• News features Advertisements -- billboard,
  media
• Information sites -- libraries, coffee shops,
  etc.

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• Regional Economic Effects of the I-5
  Corridor/Columbia River Crossing Transportation
  Choke Points

prepared for Oregon Department of Transportation
presented by Lance R. Grenzeback Cambridge
Systematics, Inc. May 2003
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Comparison of River Crossings in Selected U.S.
Metropolitan Areas of Similar Size
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Freight Impacts

• Congestion will spread into the midday period,
  which is the peak-travel period for trucks
• Annual vehicle hours of delay on truck routes in
  the I-5 corridor will increase by 93 percent from
  13,400 hours in 2000 to 25,800 hours by 2020
• Congested lane-miles on truck routes will
  increase by 58 percent, and
• The cost of truck delay will increase by 140
  percent to nearly 34 million

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National Freight Flows for Goods with Origins or
Destinations in Oregon or Washington
Source Cambridge Systematics based on Reebie
Associates TRANSEARCH data, 1998
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Oregon-Washington Origins and Destinations for
Truck Freight Crossing the I-5 and I-205 Bridges
at Portland-VancouverWith Tonnage of Freight on
Truck Routes Used to Access Bridge
Note Commodities shipped to or from British
Columbia are assigned to Whatcom County
Source Cambridge Systematics based on Reebie
Associates TRANSEARCH data, 1998
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Oregon-Washington Origins and Destinations for
Rail Freight Using the Portland-Vancouver Rail
TriangleWith Tonnage of Freight on Rail Lines
Used to Access Triangle
Note Commodities shipped to or from British
Columbia are assigned to Whatcom County
Origins and Destinations of Rail Freight Shipped
via Portland-Vancouver Rail Triangle, 1998, All
Commodities
Volume of Freight on Portland-Vancouver Rail
Triangle Access Routes, 1998, All Commodities
Source Cambridge Systematics based on Reebie
Associates TRANSEARCH data, 1998
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Lessons Learned

• Limit project scope to I-5 Corridor.
• Do not force a solution.
• Be patient and be prepared to spend money.
• Work hard to keep all interests/stakeholders at
  the table.
• Be multi-modal.
• Focus on the economics.
• Ensure equal 50/50 participation by both states.
• Be sensitive in dealing with bigger
  partner/smaller partner.