4 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
August 2017
Should future light rail line run along Barbur Boulevard or Interstate 5?
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PLAN
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The Metro community advisory
committee met on July 10 to
understand and comment on the
analysis of the proposed light rail
routes from Portland to Tigard.
The committee met at Portland
Community College’s Sylvania
campus. “We realize we don’t have
all the information yet that you need
to comment,” said Eryn Kehe, Metro
communication specialist.
“ We d o n ’ t h a v e p r o p e r t y
impact studies or costs yet,” Kehe
continued. “Second drafts of the
plan will be coming out after the
draft environmental impact study is
completed in January.”
Matt Bihn gave a presentation
on the proposed route alignments.
“Light rail could transition to run
adjacent to I-5 at four locations which
is being studied in the environmental
review.”
The light rail line could run down
the center of Barbur Boulevard.
“The adjacent route would lie
approximately 200 to 275 feet from
Barbur Boulevard,” said Bihn.
A third option is an adjacent
Interstate 5 route, and the fourth
option would transition to Interstate
5 at Custer Street.
According to the project staff,
sidewalks and bike lanes are
missing on various sections of
Barbur Boulevard. The spacing of
protected pedestrian crossings is also
insufficient.
“Vehicle, pedestrian, and bike
widths are not to state or city
transportation standards,” Bihn said.
“If the light rail is approved to be
constructed adjacent to I-5, auto and
bike lanes, as well as sidewalks, will
remain unchanged,” said Bihn. “Some
pedestrian crossings will be added for
stations and there will be fewer traffic
and property impacts.”
“On the other hand,” Bihn said,
“a center-alignment would rebuild
bike lanes, add sidewalks, trees, and
lighting, and Barbur would continue
to have two lanes in either direction.
“But an improved Barbur will
require more land and property
acquisitions and traffic impacts.”
Bihn explained that Federal
Transportation Agency funding
eligibility is uncertain for
re d e v e l o p m e n t a l o n g B a r b u r
Boulevard since federal funds are
normally designated for light rail
construction only.
Discussion from the committee
members turned to the development
of the Barbur Concept Plan which calls
for the state highway to transition to
a civic corridor.
The biggest question was should
the highway be kept for cars mainly,
or should it be redeveloped for
pedestrians and bicycles to coexist
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This Portland MAX Yellow Line train demonstrates what light rail down the middle
of Barbur Boulevard might look like. (Photo by Dan Haneckow)
with motor vehicles?
According to Bihn, a civic corridor is
a comprehensive linear plan for large
commercial areas. The West Portland
Crossroads (where Barbur Boulevard
crosses Capitol Highway) has been
designated as such. Safety was the
biggest concern of the evening.
“The (Barbur Boulevard alignment)
seems to increase barriers to both
bicyclists and pedestrians,” said
committee member Roger Averbeck,
who represents Oregon Walks and
the Portland Pedestrian Advisory
Committee.
“At the moment,” Bihn said,
“anyone can cross Barbur anywhere
and this makes Barbur very unsafe.
We plan on a variety of safety
components including crossing gates
and lights.”
“If the adjacent route is chosen,”
Averbeck asked, “could there be local
funds to be used and matched with
federal funds?
“No,” said Bihn. “If the feds don’t
recognize it as critical improvements,
then there isn’t any funding.”
Bihn said that there could be an
opportunity to build up a buffered
separation, or berms, from car lanes
and the bike lane.
Arnie Panitch, who represents
TriMet Committee on Accessible
Transit, asked if the adjacent route
erases the Barbur Concept Plan.
“The concept plan clearly assumes
that light rail will be on Barbur,” said
Jim Gardner of South Portland.
Tim Dickey, an at-large member,
challenged Gardner’s assumption. “It
has not been evaluated,” he said. “It
doesn’t make it null and void.”
It is still too early to decide these
issues, Kehe responded.
According to the most recent
briefing book, a center-running
alignment through the intersection
of Barbur, Interstate 5 and Capitol
Highway (the crossroads) would
require complete reconstruction of
the intersection and existing bridge
over Interstate 5.
If tracks run adjacent to Interstate 5,
the alignment would then cross over
Interstate 5, Capitol Highway and
Barbur Boulevard on a new light rail
structure and the existing crossroads
bridge would remain in place.
The Portland 2035 Comprehensive
Plan, passed in June 2016, builds
upon the Barbur Concept Plan to
designate the central Barbur corridor
from Terwilliger Boulevard south
to the Barbur Transit Center [near
Taylors Ferry Road] for mixed-use
and transit-oriented land uses instead
of the highway commercial uses
prevalent today.
It states that the key finding is
that future high capacity transit is a
necessary ingredient to the vision.
Someone asked, “What
does the adjacent plan
look like?” Bihn replied
that at most it could
look like what is now
along Interstate 84 in the
Hollywood district.
Would there be any
potential for development
i f a d j a c e n t ro u t e i s
chosen?
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