Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: And thanks again for being here. Um, As mentioned, there's a couple of different options to get involved. You. You will be on mute and off-screen, unless you raise your hand, and when we can unmute you for questions, one,
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: and then feel free to use the question, answer box. If you have any questions. It looks like we're going to have a small group so feel free to
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: pop questions in there
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: uh as you like, and we'll uh address them um
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: throughout the meeting, and also there's a time for Q. A. After the presentation. So the way we have this
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: uh mapped out is the the first half will be a presentation by
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Um, by staff from the Albany area, Mp. And Oregon Department of Transportation, and then time for questions.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Uh, so as mentioned, the the Webinar is being recorded,
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: and there will be a question and answer session. So if you do have those questions, pop them in the Q. And A.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: And we'll get to those towards the end of the meeting.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Um project. Information about the regional transportation plan update can be found on the Albany Mpo. Website. We will make sure to get that um link into the chat
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: here in the meeting, as well as some other links for survey, feedback and info about getting involved with the process.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: So our kicked off question is, uh,
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: and if you'd like to put an answer in the chat um, that would be great, or um raise the hand. But our kickoff question is, what mode of travel do you use most frequently So it could be uh driving alone. It could be carpooling, busing uh riding a bicycle or uh taking transit.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: So that's to just get you queued up and thinking uh, so uh, as far as our Webinar presenters. My name is Steve Dobernich, and I work for the Oregon Cascades West Council governments, and i'll be the moderator uh for the group today.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Our presenters are going to be Billy Mcgregor, who's a transportation planner with the Albany area, Npo, the
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Nick Meltzer, Uh who's the transportation and programs manager for the Albany or Mpo.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: And then Alex Betnardi, who's a transportation modeler from the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: So, thanks again for being here, and i'm going to turn it over to Billy now to introduce the presentation and get into the contents.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Hello and welcome. I'm Billy Mcgregor with the Albany Area Metropolitan planning organization or ampo Uh, thank you for being here today.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Uh slide,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: all right. This presentation is uh broken into four parts, as shown on the screen uh the first two parts will be covered by myself and Nick Meltzer, with Alex Bettinardi from Oda taking over for part three, and I will close out with part four, and we'll have time for Q. A. At the end uh Steve mentioned already.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: All right, part one about the Mpo. Um. The Metropolitan planning organization are referred to as Npo. Here, after is plan is a planning entity designated by the Federal Government to coordinate transportation planning across cities with greater than fifty thousand population.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: We support A, We support local implementation of Federal policies and strategic direction. In addition to providing a platform for collaboration among local members,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: we provide technical assistance and additional fund Federal funding to incentivize working across jurisdictional boundaries
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Alrighty, the Mpo. Coordinates transportation planning and construction projects across Albany Jefferson Millersburg Tangent and Lynn County and the organ Department of Transportation.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: We are governed by elected officials from each city and counting
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: part. Two project background.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Right. The regional transportation plan is a long range twenty year plan that identifies the needs of the transportation system for all modes, including walking, biking, transit, personal automobile and freight, just to name a few
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: for our region. It is updated every five years, and was last updated in two thousand and eighteen.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: It includes goals, objectives, transportation, modeling, and a list of projects To meet the demand of the transportation system, the Rtp. Must meet the region's economic transportation, development and sustainability goals while remaining fiscally constrained.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: The Rtp. Is distinct from local transportation system plans or Tsps developed by cities and counties. It does not supersede them, or obligate cities and counties to construct identified projects,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and it is designated or correction. It is designed to function in tandem with local Tsps with a focus on shared regional issues.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Next slide.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: All right. This Rtp cycle, Ampo is taking a quarter analysis approach, focusing on regional connections between cities. The corridors identified for further study, include the organ one Hundred and sixty-four
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: old Salem Road, or Salem Avenue,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: First and Second Avenue, Main Street, San Am Road Knox Butte Road, us twenty or North Albany, and around I Five
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Spring Hill Drive, not including I, five and ninety nine east
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: next slide.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: All right. Our plan outline is as follows: Uh chapter. One will uh be a brief introduction Chapter Two existing regional characteristics Uh: the subject matter of today's uh public outreach uh Open House is Chapter three goals and metrics, and chapter four. The Future System,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: uh Chapter Five talks about Finances Chapter Six is mitigation activities and Chapter seven is recommended System
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Slam,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: with the help of the Ampo Technical Advisory Committee. Our staff have drafted the following goals, each aiming to embody the principals listed and bold to the left of them.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: The first goal is, provide an equitable transportation system that ensures mobility for all members of the community;
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Second, to provide and encourage a safe and comfortable transportation system for all travel modes
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: third ensure the transportation system meets existing and future needs through holistic context-sensitive multimodal solutions
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: for worth partner with local and state agencies on regional transportation issues slide.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Fifth. Ensure the transportation system supports a prosperous local and regional economy that leverages strengths to compete abroad.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Six plan and design a transportation system to enhance livability and supports positive environmental health outcomes, and Seventh provide an efficient transportation system that facilitates the local and regional multimodal movement of people and goods.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: And here. I'm going to pass it over to Nick Melter.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Do you Wanna uh talk a little bit about uh the input will be seeking from folks, Philly, about the goals
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: absolutely. Uh at the end We are going to show the goals one through seven and a condensed slide uh, just as a refresher. So um
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: feel free to think about the goals we've presented throughout the meeting. Um! They will be uh a reminder slide towards the end uh before we ask for feedback and a survey uh where we would like um the attendees to help us rank the goals by your personal importance. We purposely left them unranked or un prioritized in those previous two slides, and then we'd also like
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: um written feedback, if you'd like to provide any comments or commentary on whether you uh
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: approve or disapprove of the language used in the goal. Um,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and uh, anything else. Nick.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Yeah, no. Just I think that covers it, and they'll be Um, they will keep the survey open for a couple of weeks. So uh you don't have to be here today to provide input. And you can share uh share the slides and and the survey with with any folks who you think may be interested.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Absolutely.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: All right. Well, thanks, Billy. Uh switching to um kind of additional guidance for these uh for these plans. Um,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: there's a lot of Federal requirements, and so we're kind of balancing that with public input with uh kinda all the other things we have to kind of keep in mind as we go through the the planning process. Um, just kind of wanted to set the stage for folks about kind of some of these Federal performance measures. So map twenty one, which was the twenty
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: uh two thousand and twelve transportation bill required States and Npos to set targets for the transportation system
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: uh the opening area. Mpo adopted uh State targets uh, because most of those performance measures that are set are for State uh highways or the interstate system.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: However, safety is applicable to the entire system that includes local streets. So we'll be thinking about that.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Uh Early in his uh um Presidency, President Biden put out Executive order one, three, ninety, five, that'll advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal Government. So we'll be keeping that in mind as we go through our planning and project development process.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Um,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: yeah,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: right?
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So what we've done so far is on an existing condition analysis. So thinking about um. If we're putting the transportation system for the future uh, what does the transportation system look like today. And what does the population that uses the transportation system look like today?
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So the ampo planning area covers uh just under thirty-four square miles, and extends from Uh, the city of Jefferson, Uh. In the north, down to Uh, the city of Tangent, through Albany, Uh, and then in Tibetan County and north all.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: As I mentioned our existing conditions, analysis focused on uh demand for the transportation system. So that's our demographics, our population uh the number of jobs in the region as well as the supply. So you know what is the existing transportation system look like, and that's
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: um rose transit uh bike lane sidewalks uh all all those things.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So some things that we're thinking about as we go through this analysis, or where do people live, and what characteristics may influence their trip choice.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: What are the primary destinations they travel to, and how are they getting there?
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Uh, And then how do you? How do uh people of diverse backgrounds kind of how does that affect other choice, or where they live, or where they work?
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So we've got some maps here and there uh admittedly kind of small. But again, you can look at these uh on the website at a later date. Um. Basically looks at population density on the left uh, the percentage of senior population in the middle,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and then the percentage of persons with disabilities uh on the right. Um! Some things you can take away from this. The the population density is is kind of highest in the the center of Albany, and then there's some uh higher density areas in Jefferson. The North,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: uh the senior population is kind of spread out to the the edge of the region, the fringe of the region,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and that, uh, the percentage of uh people with disabilities as high as kind of in the downtown area, and then in the kind of the center of already, as well as down uh in ten,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: some more existing condition data. So we've got the percentage of minority population on the left uh the percentage of people with limited English proficiency in the middle,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and then the percentage of uh the population below the Federal poverty level uh on the right.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So again, some takeaways here uh the minority population is kind of centered along State highways and interstates um. The percentage of Ling that it limited. English proficiency uh is highest kind of scattered throughout the region,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: And then uh the percentage of the population uh below the Federal poverty level is kind of concentrated um in the center of all there.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So I test on some of these things, but kind of, you know, thinking big picture about how we think about transportation in the future. A higher percentage of older adults lives at the outer edges of all. But in an outlying communities uh minority populations are concentrated on State. How is inner States? Uh? And you know there's research that shows um
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: uh people that live close to state. I was Interstates face higher levels of air and noise. Pollution
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: uh the percentage of folks that live under the poverty level are concentrating the geographic center of the city, and they must cross into roadways access services,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and when compared with the State of Oregon and the United States as a whole. The population, uh within the Ampa region is is mostly similar Uh, the exception for of race, and it has a much lower percentage of non white population than both Oregon and the Us.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: When thinking about transportation system. The region has a robust street network. Uh, you know, major highways run through the through the region us twenty Oregon, thirty-four organ, nine hundred and ninety, and I five
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: um sidewalks are prevalent and historic downtown course, uh but they can become more sparse in the the suburban neighborhoods and at the urban role fringe
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and the region is cross-cut. But I see highways in air States which makes longer trips by bicycle Very on
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: the next two maps are kind of looking at the sidewalk rating and uh bike way rating for the region so green. Come on on. These map. Screen means a higher level of comfort and red
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: means, either missing sidewalk
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: or sidewalk On one side of the road or no sidewalks,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and so you can see um in the historic Albany kind of downtown. There's lots of good connectivity to the sidewalks, and some of the neighborhoods have good sidewalks, but what you kind of get in North Albany? Um Millersburg,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: and uh the edges of Albany to the to the south and down into tangent. There's there's fewer sidewalks, and they're of lower quality
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: when it comes to uh bike ways and kind of the stress that a person would feel biking around the region again. You can see if you're just traveling kind of within the neighborhood, then it's probably a pretty comfortable trip. But if you need to kind of get across town or get across the region. Um,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Then you're likely to hit a high stress, either highway or or crossing, or or something like that.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: As we think about the future, we really have to take into consideration how much we're expected to grow. So there's some statistics here from uh two thousand and nineteen for this update we're using uh two thousand and nineteen data um, and then projecting out to two thousand and forty-three.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: And so you can see the populations expected to grow by almost forty percent along with the households. Uh and Joe. Well, jobs are expected to grow about twenty percent.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So the region's growing. Um, We know that East Albany is planned for live development, and that'll add to the New Bridge Street network. Uh, but we have some challenges. You know this is a complex challenge of regions growing. There's gonna be more people, you know. How do we improve Safety,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: you know, increased trips by non auto modes, which will help with congestion, but then also increase comfort. Uh: so people do want to choose to travel by foot uh transit, or by.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: They've got our work cut out for us.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So, swishing to travel behavior, I will talk. I'll talk a little about this, and they hand it off to Alex.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So we're required to use a travel model to estimate future travel demand. So we kind of have some some estimates of what the future population and jobs uh what the those numbers are gonna look like, and then models really tools that help us understand the future. Um! But they can be really expensive and time consuming to create.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So we're using a model that was originally developed in two thousand and ten, and for this plan update we validated against two thousand and nineteen conditions uh. This model is referred to as the Corvallis, all the Lebanon model, for,
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: as was mentioned at the beginning, we're collaborating closely with the Oregon Department of Transportation, transportation, planning and analysis unit.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: Uh, we're leading the plan. Update uh with support from teap on the travel demand model, and that's uh i'll expect n already. Who's joining us today as well as his colleague uh Martin. Man,
Alex Bettinardi: I think, Alex, this is where I hand it off to you. Yeah, yeah, it sounds great. So I don't want to blabber any of these slides too long. But basically that you know, we're hoping to, since the travel Demand model is so heavily used throughout the Rtp. Just to give a little people a little bit of information about what that tool is, and and how it's used um,
Alex Bettinardi: and and as Nick mentioned um uh, we're here to help provide the the support that the the five smaller Mpos in the state of Oregon. Uh get uh modeling uh treble and modeling support from from the State to vote out which is, which is our role, which is why we're here.
Alex Bettinardi: So what is this? What is this model that we're using? Um? As I was thinking about the slide, I thought it might be easiest to kind of refer back to, whether modeling, which I think a lot of people are familiar with. So um, you know, whatever we're looking uh out a couple of of days or a couple of weeks. There we go online, and we can get a forecast for what that looks like
Alex Bettinardi: uh to do that.
Alex Bettinardi: Um, you know, there's huge teams of people doing um uh
Alex Bettinardi: regular data collection and um and and building
Alex Bettinardi: mathematical models around the physics for how uh different temperatures and air masses. Um uh
Alex Bettinardi: uh combine and and shift, and and what and how change weather changes, And so similarly, you know that's that's a that's a model. So what is the model? That? That's a model? It's a like it says in the slide here, that's a math medical representation
Alex Bettinardi: of uh, of what they're seeing. So they they collect data, and they have a a tool that can recreate what they see today. And then they use those relationships to change the conditions to forecast out a couple of days uh and provide the conditions for what that looks like, and um
Alex Bettinardi: that allows them to. Then, with that same understanding. For how,
Alex Bettinardi: with with how
Alex Bettinardi: they can reproduce what happens today, they can um forecast under different conditions. You know hypothetical future conditions uh what that looks like in the future. And so similarly, uh, we, we uh the the the local area of Albany, and then uh, the State of Oregon and nationally
Alex Bettinardi: uh data around travel is is collected, and we use that to rep, to recreate great mathematical models and equations that recreate the travel that we see today. And then, once we feel confident that we can reproduce what happens today, we think and forecast into the future Um. And and
Alex Bettinardi: and understand how we expect the future of all major to look like uh from a travel perspective. But also, if we were to invest in different areas, how might that help change the outcomes for for the region. So hopefully that kind of gets just an overview of um. What what a model is! So go ahead next slide.
Alex Bettinardi: Um! So you know, I talked to kind of generically about a model in in this case, you know, specifically for an urban travel demand model. The two main inputs. Uh, Nick had a slide about this little bit about collecting existing condition information. But you have the demand side about the people that live in the area. Um, The
Alex Bettinardi: The the types of travel that that is made on average in that region. Um, the types of. And And then you have the supply side about uh the highway system and the level of congestion, the um, the the the transit routes, and the frequency, the availability of a bike and lock it the structure.
Alex Bettinardi: And so you put those two inputs together and then use those uh mathematical uh equations about um uh
Alex Bettinardi: behavior and how people meet meet their needs. And then you can you? You get There's an output of that. The um
Alex Bettinardi: that the travel on the system, and how well the system performs evaluated under different a variety of conditions, not just looking at what is today, but under what it could be tomorrow.
Alex Bettinardi: And so that helps us. So these green boxes are kind of be our rtp, the regional transportation plan flow, and so the travel demand model. Um it doesn't help uh create the goals and objectives. That's what the community does, and what what the point of this presentation is to get this feedback. Uh. But
Alex Bettinardi: after those are set for the the hopes and the the goal posts are set for the the region the travel demand model can um help assess uh where current issue current hotspots are, and whether how they're projected to change in the future. Um! From that information the community can help
Alex Bettinardi: uh, or if it you can use that information to create uh possible solutions, alternate solutions to address those issues, and then the the model can be used to help. Um
Alex Bettinardi: evaluate how successful those uh proposed uh
Alex Bettinardi: plans are.
Alex Bettinardi: So that's how we'll be the travel, that model and Nick already mentioned this. But uh,
Alex Bettinardi: for these rtts, which are kind of required uh, for the most part, and within Oregon it's it's it that uh travel of and models are to be used as these are created. So um
Alex Bettinardi: uh, and and it's not just an Albany thing. These are all around that the the picture here is showing that they're all around the state of Oregon and all around the country. Uh, these are the, you know, just like whether modeling this is the standard tool that is used to um to to properly invest
Alex Bettinardi: our our transportation dollars into the future,
Alex Bettinardi: and with a thought about not just what is the need today. But what is it going to be in the future?
Excellent!
Alex Bettinardi: So, um,
Alex Bettinardi: obviously for those that live in the region. Um,
Alex Bettinardi: that this isn't this slide looks hopefully familiar. Um,
Alex Bettinardi: basically This is an aerial shot just to show what the the model extent looks like. So it covers all of the already, Mpo. And because Corvellas is so close uh the the corvellus andpo is um is included as well in in addition to Lebanon and a lot of the um
Alex Bettinardi: uh that the county that that that surrounds it. So basically the the attempt here is to draw a line Um! The boundary around uh
Alex Bettinardi: the the the the travel that's heavily interrelated. And and so, since all these communities are so close. There's a lot of uh travel back and forth between these.
Alex Bettinardi: Why, this boundary is the way it is,
Alex Bettinardi: and so
Alex Bettinardi: all right. So this is just kind of a a list. This is a not exhaustive list of the types of information that can come out of the travel demand model. So you can get
Alex Bettinardi: uh volumes by route or by segment. The congestion levels that exist both the day in the future and a variety of different scenarios. Um, The choices. People are making um both today and in the future the amount of uh
Alex Bettinardi: the amount of via flowers that are being traveled. Um! And how much of that top. How much of those hours are in congested versus free flow Uh, Similarly, the the amount of miles traveled, and the hours of delay that that community is is accumulating um, and that additionally um accessibility
Alex Bettinardi: uh calculations uh or zoom accessibility information about um. What's the distance from this point
Alex Bettinardi: to um
Alex Bettinardi: to uh to to a given region into a certain number of jobs. Um,
Alex Bettinardi: uh,
Alex Bettinardi: what's the percent on the slide? What's the percentage of household new jobs within a given point for location
Alex Bettinardi: all examples of things that can be promoted over the month. So, as as Nick mentioned,
Alex Bettinardi: we have a strong
Alex Bettinardi: two thousand and ten uh calibration for the region. Um. And
Alex Bettinardi: we basically update these every ten years. So the the last one was in uh two thousand and ten. But actually, the last one is based on two thousand and ten data takes about three to four years to get a model after that. So we're in the process of preparing for
Alex Bettinardi: the next model, which likely will be two thousand and twenty, because you all know what happened in two thousand and twenty, and kind of just continuing to linger around searching the C into the nineteen. But um uh
Alex Bettinardi: something like that. The next model here will probably be like a two thousand and twenty-three. It's going to be a couple of years out. So for the purposes here we validated the Pre Covid nineteen uh conditions. Um, knowing that Covid is a very kind of odd and unique time. Um!
Alex Bettinardi: And we would want to build a model around the behavior that was happening in two thousand and twenty as an example. Um!
Alex Bettinardi: So we've got a solid model from two thousand and ten, and we we're validating it to two thousand and nineteen before the next full re-establishment of the tool, which will be a company.
Alex Bettinardi: I'll talk a little bit about that so
Alex Bettinardi: so to validate it. Uh validation is actually a great exercise, because you don't want to endlessly kind of re-establish and and recalibrate a model to existing conditions. You want that model calibration to hold true and um,
Alex Bettinardi: and without tweaking the mathematical equation, which is what calibration is. You want it to be able to reproduce reality uh, by just correctly providing it inputs. And so
Alex Bettinardi: we've calibrated in two thousand and ten, and now in two thousand and nineteen we provided it twenty-nine information with the relationships that were built up two thousand and ten and um, you know we're providing comfort to ourselves here that you know these horizont or these diagonal lines are in. These plots are
Alex Bettinardi: a perfect one to one slope. And so ideally, you want these dots to be on that slope, and we're providing a lot of confidence with the corridors in the region are providing the
Alex Bettinardi: the uh
Alex Bettinardi: for returning the the volume and Dmt. Information that we observed in two thousand and nineteen, when we provide a twenty, nineteen uh set of inputs to the tramp and not so validation. It's appearing here.
Alex Bettinardi: So um
Alex Bettinardi: In summary of the the the we're like again. We have these travel man models all of the places what we do, and we're uh. So we have the the call model up and running, and we believe it's providing, you know, really good information at um
Alex Bettinardi: uh it Additional information it there's a uh. We have a brochure about the model for any additional detail. Um, that's on the uh the apple web uh Rtp website, and i'm i'm always available. My contact information will be at the end, and I'm always happy available to talk about
Alex Bettinardi: modeling um and answer any questions which I can also do at the end of this, in addition to you.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Thank you, Alex,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: moving on to part four next steps.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: We are currently updating our goals and objectives with today being our first round of three public outreach events, we will make announcements next year or early two thousand and twenty-three for our second round in February, and our final engagement event in May.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: So uh, at first glance. We have future scenarios. Our modeling allows us to explore different policy options for the future,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and Ampo is exploring three scenarios. The first is a trend scenario based on assumptions. We expect no significant capacity. Projects such as highway widening
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Uh projects currently funded on the Mpos Um Transportation plan are included
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and uh conditions based on adopted land use plans are included. The next scenario increase, transit and increased walking or biking scenario. This a scenario um
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: assumes that transit will expand geographically at a minimum to the long term scenario identified in the Albany Transit Systems Transit Development Plan.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: It assumes that transit headways will be comparable to the bus rapid transit currently running in Eugene,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and it assumes walking and bicycling will become more attractive by provision of safer and more comfortable infrastructure.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: The third scenario assumes
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: that um
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: State and Federal policies will uh
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: be enacted as required, and nothing much else uh so assumptions will be finalized with Tpal and Tara Weiner. Uh, that's integrated transportation analysis, engineer,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and we'll model increased barriers to single occupancy vehicle. Use such as road usage, fees, taxes, and parking fees next slide
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: all right. So on screen are there seven goals that we talked about earlier? We hope you can help us now, or in your time. Later, by completing a feedback survey relating to the shown goals,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: it is estimated to take approximately five to ten minutes, and the link being shown on the next slide, as well as a Qr. Code being provided
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: next slide
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: all right along with wanting your feedback through this survey we will also share how you can reach us on the next slide we will look forward to hearing from you and your fellow community members. Uh, we'll go ahead and leave this slide up for a minute. Sorry, Steve. Um! If you could go back one,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: give everybody time to follow that link or use that Qr code and um
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: uh, Shortly after the uh contact information slide, we we will have A. Q. A. And it looks like we have uh, almost half an hour to do such,
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and so it's posted the survey link in the chat, and I will post a link to the Ampo Rtp web page.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: That's great, so we'll give folks a moment if they want to either raise a hand or drop a
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: question in the Q. A. Um, and we'll get those addressed as they come in
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: um
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: as mentioned, those links. So the first one is a direct link to this survey which asks for your input on the goals.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: And then the second link uh Billy dropped in the chat was a a link to the Ampo Rtp homepage, which is the the project landing page where you'll be able to find information about the the process. Uh throughout the next six months, as the the project comes together.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Uh, and then, Nick, maybe you could flip to the next slide, so that contact info is up there for folks
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: great.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: So these are the lead contacts for anyone who is um curious to have any follow up after the meeting. Um, you know, if you have any specific questions you want to address now. Uh, we've got time to address those in a fairly small group, so feel free to raise the hand.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: We'll call on you.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Well, i'll ask one question, which is um to Billy and Nick. Um. What's the best way for folks to stay up to date about the project. Um, I know. Billy mentioned a couple
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: more outreach uh open house events that will be coming up with the best way to keep up with uh the ongoing progress on the report writing.
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: Uh, thank you, Steve. So we'll be um doing regular posts to the ampo rtp web page um link in the chat comments
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: and um we're working with community partners for outreach um, such as the city of Albany, uh Instagram manager and Um, the organ Cascade West Council of Governments um Communications manager.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: And then, I would just add, We we do maintain a an ampo interested parties list, and that's how we uh primarily disseminate our information.
Nick Meltzer (he/him) - OCWCOG: So if you'd like to get on that, just uh send uh Billy or or I an email
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: great thanks for that, and then a follow up is um. So the the survey link today
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: is specific to the goals of the project. Will it be whether it be future surveys that are asking community members for um about other aspects of the
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: of the Rtp. As the as the process uh moves forward
Billy McGregor, Albany Area MPO: absolutely, Steve. Um, as we continue uh public outreach will be a key factor of this plan. Um, we want to start with public outreach and finish with it. Um. So the community will be updated and asked for their feedback throughout the entire process.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Okay, Great thanks for that.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Um.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Well, I don't have any other questions, and it doesn't look like we have any coming from the the group of attendees. But
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: um just wanted to say thanks for everyone for being here and um listening in on the session to to the update on the Ampo. Rtp. As mentioned. This. Uh, there's several more months that this uh project will be in progress so many more opportunities to comment and
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: uh get involved uh, especially if folks attend a technical advisory committee meeting or a board meeting um with the Albany area, Mpo. Or I'll wait for the next
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: the Webinar session. So uh thanks again to everyone for being here. And with that I'm gonna close the the session down and just end with the noted Thanks.
Steve Dobrinich, Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments: Have a good afternoon.