Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) This
division implements Statewide Planning Goal 12 (Transportation) to provide and
encourage a safe, convenient, and economic transportation system. This division
also implements provisions of other statewide planning goals related to
transportation planning in order to plan and develop transportation facilities
and services in close coordination with urban and rural development. The
purpose of this division is to direct transportation planning in coordination
with land use planning to:
(a) Provide for
safe transportation for all Oregonians;
(b) Promote the development of transportation
systems adequate to serve statewide, regional, and local transportation
needs;
(c) Provide a transportation
system that serves the mobility and access needs of those who cannot drive and
other underserved populations;
(d)
Provide for affordable, accessible and convenient transit, pedestrian, and
bicycle access and circulation, with improved connectivity to destinations
people want to reach, such as education facilities, workplaces, services,
shopping, places of worship, parks, open spaces, and community
centers;
(e) Reduce pollution from
transportation to meet statewide statutory and executive goals to reduce
climate pollution;
(f) Recognize
and remedy impacts of past practices that have harmed underserved populations,
such as redlining, displacement, exclusionary zoning, inaccessible design, and
roadway and other public infrastructure siting;
(g) Engage underserved populations in
decision-making and prioritize investments serving those communities;
(h) Facilitate the safe flow of freight,
goods, and services within regions and throughout the state through a variety
of modes including road, air, rail, and marine transportation;
(i) Protect the functions of existing and
planned transportation facilities, corridors, and sites;
(j) Provide for the construction and
implementation of transportation facilities, improvements, and services
necessary to support acknowledged comprehensive plans;
(k) Identify how transportation facilities
are provided on rural lands consistent with the statewide planning
goals;
(l) Protect and restore safe
passage for fish and wildlife, flood waters, and other natural system functions
at roadway crossings of waterbodies and other native habitat
corridors;
(m) Require coordination
among affected local governments and transportation service providers and
consistency between state, regional, and local transportation plans;
and
(n) Encourage changes to
comprehensive plans to be supported by adequate planned transportation
facilities for all modes.
(2) In meeting the purposes described in
section (1), coordinated land use and transportation plans should ensure the
transportation system supports a pattern of travel and land use in urban areas
that will avoid common air pollution, climate pollution, inequity, wasteful
spending, and health and livability problems, through measures designed to
increase transportation options and make more efficient use of the existing
transportation system.
(3) The
extent of planning required by this division and the outcome of individual
transportation plans will vary depending on community size, needs and
circumstances. Generally, larger and faster growing communities and regions
will need to prepare more comprehensive and detailed plans, while smaller
communities and rural areas will have more general plans. For all communities,
the mix of planned transportation facilities and services should be sufficient
to promote economic, sustainable, and environmentally sound mobility and
accessibility for all Oregonians. Coordinating land use and transportation
planning will also complement efforts to meet other state and local objectives,
including containing urban development, reducing the cost of public services,
protecting farm and forest land, reducing air, water, and noise pollution,
conserving energy, and reducing climate pollution.
(a) In all urban areas, coordinated land use
and transportation plans are intended to provide safe transportation and to
enhance, promote and facilitate safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle
travel by planning a well-connected network of streets, sidewalks, paths, and
trails, and supporting improvements for non-driving travel modes.
(b) In urban areas with a population greater
than 25,000 persons, coordinated land use and transportation plans are intended
to improve livability and accessibility by promoting the provision of transit
service and more efficient performance of existing transportation facilities
through transportation system management and demand management
measures.
(c) Within metropolitan
areas, coordinated land use and transportation plans are intended to improve
livability and accessibility by promoting changes in the transportation system
and land use patterns. A key outcome of this effort is a reduction in
dependence on single occupant automobile use, particularly during peak periods.
To accomplish this outcome, this division promotes increased planning for
non-driving modes and street connectivity and encourages land use patterns
throughout urban areas that make it more convenient for people to walk,
bicycle, use transit, use automobile travel more efficiently, and drive less to
meet their daily needs. The result of applying these portions of the division
will vary within metropolitan areas. Some parts of urban areas, such as
downtowns, pedestrian districts, transit-oriented developments,
climate-friendly areas, areas along priority transit corridors, and other
mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly centers, will be highly convenient for a variety
of modes, including walking, bicycling and transit, while others will be more
auto-oriented while still providing safe and convenient access and circulation
by other modes. In all instances, infrastructure shall be designed and
constructed to deliver safety and convenience for all Oregonians.
(4) This division sets
requirements for coordination among affected levels of government and
transportation service providers for preparation, adoption, refinement,
implementation, and amendment of transportation system plans. Transportation
system plans adopted pursuant to this division fulfill the requirements for
public facilities required under ORS
197.712(2)(e),
Goal 11 and OAR chapter 660, division 11, as they relate to transportation
facilities. The rules in this division are not intended to make local
government determinations "land use decisions" under ORS
197.015(10).
The rules recognize, however, that under existing statutory and case law, many
determinations relating to the adoption and implementation of transportation
plans will be land use decisions.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
197.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 195.012, ORS
197.040,
ORS
197.712,
ORS
197.717 & ORS
197.732
