Welcome to Oregon Oregon Modeling Improvement Program

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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• Oregon integrated analysis program
• Program overview
• Recent interest in freight
• Project implications
• Economic Bridge Options Study
• Case study
• 2.5B investment in Oregon infrastructure

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COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
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WHY ARE DECISION-MAKING TOOLS IMPORTANT?

• Allow policy makers to
• Use fact-based information along with anecdotal
• Minimize bias
• Help identify unintended results of policy
  decisions
• Account for dynamic interaction of
  transportation, land use and economic policies

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FREIGHT IS THE ECONOMY IN MOTION

• Movement of passenger vehicles has been the focus
  in transportation
• The push has been to relate transportation with
  land use
• BUT, land use and transportation are indirectly
  related through economic activity

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HISTORICAL APPROACH TO TRUCK TRAFFIC

• Trucks were treated as large cars
• Passenger car equivalency values
• Truck freight is a recent issue
• Reserve capacity being used up
• Effects of limited capacity differ
• Cars carry passengers
• Trucks carry freight

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HIGHWAY FREIGHT ISSUES

• Reliability and connectivity
• Delay expected and unexpected
• Competitive edge
• Expanded markets
• Elevate freight in policy discussions
• Clearly define issues and impacts

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INTEGRATED ANALYSIS CHANGES THE QUESTIONS

• Yesterday
• What if we build X?
• How bad is congestion going to get?

• Today
• Truck-rail diversion
• Network reliability
• Economic competitiveness
• Market accessibility in a global context
• Sustainability
• Equity
• Leverage for public-private financing
• Pricing

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MOVE FROM A LINEAR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
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MOVE FROM A LINEAR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
TO A COLLABORATIVE ITERATIVE DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS
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WHAT WE KNOW FROM INTEGRATED ANALYSIS

• The type of transportation improvements and where
  they are made affects where jobs and people
  locate
• Different tax structures affect where firms
  locate and where workers live
• The supply of land affects the price of land, in
  turn affecting where firms and households locate.
• Integrated analysis does not dictate policy, it
  provides information on how policies will likely
  play out

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STATEWIDE BRIDGE DEFICIENCY ANALYSIS

• Nearly 25 of Oregon bridges are beyond their 50
  year expected life
• An increasing number of bridges are being weight
  restricted
• Truck detours are disruptive to local communities
  
• Weight restrictions impose costs to the freight
  industry and shippers
• The question is when not if the state will
  invest in Oregons aging bridges