Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) This rule
describes the minimum planned pedestrian facilities that must be included in
plans. Cities and counties may choose to exceed the requirements in this rule.
Cities and counties may choose to apply pedestrian functional classifications
to pedestrian facilities.
(2)
Pedestrian facility owners must design, build, and maintain pedestrian
facilities to allow comfortable travel for all people, including people with
disabilities.
(3) All streets and
highways, other than expressways, shall have pedestrian facilities, as provided
in ORS 366.514.
(a) Pedestrian facilities must be planned for
both sides of each street.
(b)
Cities shall plan for enhanced pedestrian facilities such as wide, protected
sidewalks and pedestrian zones, such as plazas, in the following contexts:
(A) Along high volume or high-speed
streets;
(B) In climate-friendly
areas and Metro Region 2040 centers;
(C) In areas with concentrations of
underserved populations.
(c) A substantial portion of the right-of-way
dedicated to transportation uses in climate-friendly areas and Metro Region
2040 centers must be dedicated to pedestrian uses, including but not limited to
sidewalks, pedestrian plazas, and protective buffers.
(d) Cities shall plan for enhanced tree
canopy and other infrastructure that uses natural and living materials in
pedestrian spaces in climate-friendly areas, Metro Region 2040 centers, and
areas with concentrations of underserved populations.
(4) Off-street multi-use paths must be
designed to permit comfortable joint or separated use for people walking, using
mobility devices, and cycling. Separated areas for higher speeds and low speeds
shall be provided when there is high anticipated use of the path.
(5) Enhanced crossings are pedestrian
facilities to cross streets or highways that provide a high level of safety and
priority to people crossing the street. Enhanced crossings must have adequate
nighttime illumination to see pedestrians from all vehicular approaches.
Enhanced crossings must be provided, at minimum, in the following locations:
(a) Closely spaced along arterial streets in
climate-friendly areas and Metro Region 2040 centers;
(b) Near transit stops on local access
priority arterial segments, or collector streets in a climate-friendly area or
Metro Region 2040 center, or on a priority transit corridor;
(c) At off-street path crossings;
and
(d) In areas with
concentrations of underserved populations.
(6) Cities may take exemptions to the
requirements in this rule through findings in the transportation system plan,
for each location where an exemption is desired, for the following reasons:
(a) A city may plan for a pedestrian facility
on one side of local streets in locations where topography or other barriers
would make it difficult to build a pedestrian facility on the other side of the
street, or where existing and planned land uses make it unnecessary to provide
pedestrian access to the other side of the street. Street crossings must be
provided near each end of sections where there is a pedestrian facility on only
one side of the street.
(b) A city
or county may plan for no dedicated pedestrian facilities on very slow speed
local streets that are sufficiently narrow, and carry little or no vehicular
traffic, so that pedestrians are the primary users of the street. (1) This rule
describes the minimum planned pedestrian facilities that must be included in
plans. Cities and counties may choose to exceed the requirements in this rule.
Cities and counties may choose to apply pedestrian functional classifications
to pedestrian facilities.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
197.040
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
197.012, ORS
197.712 & ORS
366.514
