Transportation System Plan: 2023-25 Update

What the city has in mind for the update

• Hearing from community members about their transportation needs.
• Making sure our streets are safe and well maintained for all the ways people get around.
• Identifying a network of sidewalks, bike lanes, and paths that make it easy to navigate the city.
• Making sure everyone benefits from changes and upgrades, including people who have previously been left out.
• Reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gases.
• Identifying funding options to get the work done.

Why it's time for a comprehensive update

Some major ways things have changed since the last TSP comprehensive update:

• Milwaukie has MAX Orange Line light-rail service.
• The city adopted a Climate Action Plan to be carbon neutral by 2045.
• The city adopted a Comprehensive Plan in 2020 that guides the growth and development of the city for the next 20 years
• We’re working on our Neighborhood Hubs
• The Safe Access for Everyone program is making sidewalk and bicycle improvements across the city

New State Rules - Climate Friendly Equitable Communities

It's also time for a comprehensive update to the TSP because state laws on transportation have been changed to decrease climate pollution and promote a transportation network that works for all Oregonians. These rules, known as the Climate Friendly Equitable Communities rules, require cities in the Portland Area to adopt transportation plans that:

• Ensure the safety and comfort of all roadway users.
• Include throughout the planning process community members who have historically been excluded from planning activities.
• Identify how past transportation and land use policies have harmed underserved Milwaukians.
• Determine through the planning process whether the TSP update improves transportation outcomes for underserved Milwaukians.
• Reduce transportation-related climate pollution.

These new rules align with recent planning efforts of the city and the Milwaukie City Council's goals for 2023 & 2024: 1) Climate Mitigation and Resilience Action and 2) Equity, Justice, and Inclusion.

We’ll need your help throughout the TSP update!

Throughout the update process, there will be about seven different opportunities for folks to weigh in. You can currently provide feedback on the draft goals and policies for the TSP by taking the survey at the bottom of the page. The survey will be open until April 17th, 2024. The next opportunity to hear from folks will be in late spring / early summer, 2024.

Here is how the process works.

1. Ideas will be shared with the community and we’ll ask for your feedback
2. The city will take your feedback and make revisions
3. Updated drafts will be shared with the community for another chance for community members to share their thoughts

We also have Advisory and Technical Committees

The city has an advisory group for the update. This committee was created through an open application process that sought representatives from across the city with different perspectives on transportation. The committee was appointed by City Council. See the city's website for the TSP Advisory Committee members and links to TSP Advisory Committee (TSPAC) meetings. You are welcome to attend these meetings and provide public comment.

A technical committee is also contributing to the planning process to ensure consistency with various regional, state, and countywide plans and policies. This group, the TSP Technical Advisory Committee (TSPTC), is comprised of folks from partner agencies that have technical expertise is transportation and land use planning. A link to materials for those meetings can be found here.