Ali Bonakdar, AICP Corvallis Area MPO

 Local Transportation Decision-Making Forum  Transportation Plans  Transportation Programs  Air Quality in Nonattainment Area  3Cs (Comprehensive, Continuing, Cooperative)  Land Use and Transportation Linkage  Livable Transportation Planning Concept  Air Quality/Greenhouse Gas Emission Planning

 US Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census defines Urbanized Area:  UzA consists of densely developed territory that contains ≥ 50,000  Density of 1000 ppsm  Urban Territory (≥2,500) w/ 500 ppsm  Jump of 2.5 Miles  Hop of.5 Mile  No Hop after a Jump

 486 MPOs in the Country (71.2% of Population)  36 New MPOs – 4 Losses = 32 Net Gain  Oregon MPOs:  3 TMAs (Metro, CLMPO, SKATS)  3 Small MPOs (Bend, Corvallis, Medford)  2 New (Albany, Grants Pass)  2 Spillovers (Rainier, Milton-Freewater)  More than 62% of Oregon Population

 UzA Boundaries Produced by US Census Bureau  MPOs designated by Congress/US DOT/Governor  UzAs are about population and Density  MPOs’ Transportation Planning is about Movements of People and Goods  Movements or trips are functions of distances between housing, jobs, shopping, etc.

Good Sam Hospital

Albany$163,000 Corvallis$270,000 Lebanon$128,000 Philomath$185,000 July 2011 Median Home Prices

 Sound and Comprehensive Transportation Planning must include the entire travelshed  Air Quality Improvement and GHG emission reduction efforts Must focus on the entire travelshed  Land Use Planning must be coordinated across the political boundaries

 Corvallis Area MPO advocates unification of MPOs  Discussion began on joint financing of a commuter transit service (Linn-Benton Loop)  Have requested ODOT to update the 3 Travel Demand Models (CALL) together  The growth of OSU and COMP requires full and sincere coordination of housing and transportation decisions