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ODOT works in partnership with the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to implement Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rules (TPR). The TPR specifies what must be included in local planning efforts for transportation, including transportation system plans. In 2022, the TPR was amended as part of DLCD’s Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities updating planning requirements within Oregon’s eight metropolitan areas. 

The ODOT Statewide Planning Unit, Transportation Planning & Analysis Unit (TPAU) and the Climate Office will be supporting communities with implementation efforts through specific and coordinated initiatives. Project information and updates for each of these initiatives is included below.

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Implementation Schedule

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The TSP Guidelines are a web-based resource to assist local jurisdictions in long-range transportation system planning. The guidelines outline the 'what', 'when', 'why' and 'how' of updating a TSP based on Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule and provide best practices, examples and additional resources. The Guidelines have been updated to outline new requirements for jurisdictions within metropolitan areas. Updates were guided by an advisory committee comprised of planning partners representing health, transportation and land use agencies, a range of jurisdiction sizes and consulting firms.

​ Key updates include: 

  • A discussion of the updated TPR
  • Distinguishing requirements for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
  • Updated guidance for community engagement and equity analysis
  • New guidance for enhanced review for capacity expanding projects 
  • New guidance on the performance-based approach outlined in the updated rules
  • Updated guidance for modal inventories and analysis 
  • Discussion of a new requirement for a transportation options section
  • Discussion of a new requirement for a financially-constrained project list

​Advisory Committee


Contact

Theresa Conley, Project Manager​​​

​The Development Review Guidelines are a reference handbook primarily used by ODOT staff as they respond to local land use and development proposals that affect state transportation facilities. The guidelines were updated in 2024 to outline new requirements for jurisdictions within metropolitan areas. The updates were guided by an Advisory Committee comprised of a range of ODOT staff engaging in the development review process, reflecting the internal nature of the document. 

Schedule and Key Milestones

The project kicked off in late February 2023 and a majority of project occurred in 2023. Updates were finalized in November 2024 with key project deliverables including:

  • Partner engagement began in April 2023 with the formation of an advisory committee. Focus group meetings, webpage updates and internal communication occurred throughout the Project.
  • An updated strategy for the guidance document based on an 'audit' of the updated rules in Division 660-012 (Transportation Planning) and Division 660-044 (Metropolitan Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets)
  • Updates to the Development Review Guidelines focused on new requirements outlined in OAR 660-012-0215 and OAR 660-012-0325 and impacting OAR 660-012-0060 
  • Updated Development Review Guidelines​

​Advisory Committee

Development Review Guidelines Advisory Committee Schedule​ 
Dev-Rev Guidelines Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 1 Agenda
Dev-Rev Guidelines Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 2 Agenda
Dev-Rev Guidelines Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 3 Agenda​

Deliverables

Development Review Guidelines Audit and Update Strategy
ODOT Development Review Guidelines Fact Sheet​
Development Review Guidelines - Guidance for CFAs​
​ Draft Development Review Guidelines Updates​

Contact

​Theresa Conley,​ Project Manager

​The purpose of the Transportation Planning Rules Modeling and Analysis Guides Update is to provide modeling and transportation analysis procedure guidance for ODOT and local jurisdiction development of transportation system plans based on the updated rules. ODOT's partner agency, the Department of Land Conservation and Development and DLCD's Commission have adopted new rules for transportation planning, housing planning, and metropolitan climate change targets for metropolitan areas and larger cities within MPO areas. These new rules make significant changes to the parameters for transportation and land use planning, particularly in metropolitan areas, and therefore ODOT's transportation planning, analysis, and modeling guidance requires updates to reflect the new rules.

Schedule and Key Milestones

This project will conduct and document several tasks through a series of technical memoranda:

  • Review the new and revised OARs in Division 660-012 (Transportation Planning) and Division 660-044 (Metropolitan Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets).
  • Review existing modeling and analysis procedures documents and identify the areas to be updated to meet the needs of the new rules.
  • Review existing MPO travel demand models and capabilities to meet the requirements of the new rules.
  • Develop climate-friendly area (CFA) modeling guidance (moving Comprehensive Plan changes into model inputs).
  • Conduct CFA modeling case studies.
  • Develop new performance targets (long range planning) and performance standards (project specific) application guidance.

 
The first key milestone will be to establish draft modeling and analysis guidance for CFA and performance targets/standards. This will include technical memoranda that guide the modeling and analytical procedures but will not yet include Analysis Procedures Manual (APM) or other document updates at this time.

The second key milestone will be to complete updates to the APM and related guidance documents.

This project is managed by a collaborative team including ODOT's Transportation Planning and Analysis Unit and Climate Office staff and will engage stakeholders who use these tools most. This includes a Working Group from the Oregon Modeling Statewide Collaborative, the Analysis Procedures Manual User's Group and a Technical Advisory Committee including representatives from cities, counties, consultants and ODOT.

Meeting Summaries

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 1 Summary
Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 2 Summary
Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 3 Summary​
Technical Advisory Committee Meeting 4 Summary​​

Analysis Procedures Manual Users Group Meeting 1 Summary
Analysis Procedures Manual Users Group Meeting 2 Summary ​
Analysis Procedures Manual Users Group Meeting 3 Summary ​
Analysis Procedures Manual Users Group Meeting 4 Summary

OMSC Working Group Meeting 1 Summary
OMSC Working Group Meeting 2 Summary​
OMSC Working Group Meeting 3 Summary​
OMSC Working Group Meeting 4 Summary​
OMSC Working Group Meeting 5 Summary​

Deliverables

Technical Memo 1 - Oregon Administrative Rules Review

Technical Memo 2 - Modeling and Analysis Procedures Document Review and Summary

Technical Memo 3 - Summary and Context of Other Planning Efforts​

Technical Memo 4 - Model and Document Review​

Technical Memo 5 - CFEC Guidance Framework


Technical Memo 8 - Prior Performance Measures Project Review

Technical Memo 9 - Performance Standards Framework​

Technical Memo 10 - Performance Measure and Performance Standard Application Guidance

More Information

Zachary Horowitz​, Project Manager 

Greenhouse Gas Performance Targets


As part of the updated rules, local governments in Oregon’s metropolitan areas that do not have an approved land use and transportation scenario plan are required to track progress on actions taken to meet the state’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. 

The ODOT Climate Office is working with jurisdictions in the metropolitan areas of Albany, Bend, Corvallis, Grants Pass, and Rogue Valley to develop a methodology, baseline information, and reporting for the required  performance measures and targets. This includes coordinating the with cities and counties in setting targets, developing the performance measures, and documentation for reporting requirements.


Scenario Planning


ODOT is supporting communities in Salem, Keizer and Marion County to develop a preferred regional scenario that meets the established greenhouse gas reduction target and a scenario planning report that details the policy actions and programs that the jurisdictions expect to undertake to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, these jurisdiction will develop performance measures and future year performance targets to track progress towards the preferred scenario and the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. ODOT is also supporting communities in the Eugene-Springfield region to develop performance measures and future year performance targets to track progress towards the region’s preferred scenario and the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. Metro has already completed the Scenario Planning requirement with adoption of the Climate Smart Strategy in 2014 and will be reporting on implementation on behalf of the Portland area to meet the reporting the requirements.​ 

More information, contact information and resources related to scenario planning is available on the  ODOT Climate Office Strategic Assessment and Scenario Planning webpage.

​​This project will produce an inventory of multimodal infrastructure to support local transportation system planning aligned with the updated TPR. This project will build off existing datasets and use innovative computer-based methods to compile, generate and integrate infrastructure inventory data for pedestrian, bicycle, transit and vehicular travel within the urban growth boundaries of cities within MPO areas. The goal is to provide jurisdictions with a locally-owned initial dataset and collaboratively work to define what longer-term data management solutions could look like.

Two committees are advising the project management team. These include a Multimodal Inventory Steering Committee (MISC), made up of ODOT staff with expertise in infrastructure data applications and management, and a Statewide Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), made up of planning, public works, and spatial data professionals from partner agencies across Oregon. 

Engagement of data owners and users will be key to the success of this project as the project team will be looking to access existing datasets as a starting point, coordinate with local agencies on how to build out the consistent TPR-compliant dataset, and ultimately put this initial dataset on a sustainable and usable path for the longer term.  The project team is working with several pilot communities to test and refine the project’s approach to data collection and processing. This project will continue through 2026.

Project Outreach

Virtual Briefing, July 23, 2024

Presentation slides​
Webinar recording​
Agenda

Statewide Technical Advisory Committee

Meeting 1 Packet
Meeting 1 Presentation
Meeting 2 Packet
Meeting 2 Presentation​

More Information
To receive project updates, please subscribe to the Multimodal Inventory Project email list​.

Frequently Asked Questions​
Project Overview Slidedeck
Multimodal Inventory - Jurisdiction Cohort Process and Schedule (January 2025)​

​Deliverables

​Technical Memo 1 – Data Needs

Contact

Theresa Conley, Project Manager
Sarah Peters, Deputy Project Manager​

​ODOT is programming jurisdictions for funding to update transportation system plans consistent with the updated TPR. Recognizing that funding is limited, available funds will be prioritized for communities with a deadline in the TPR to update plans before 2030.  This includes communities with populations over 10,000 outside the Portland metropolitan area. In recognition of work already underway – including Climate Smart Communities, 2040 Centers and regional policies – the TPR does not require TSP updates within the Portland Metro area by any specific date. There is no deadline for communities with populations under 5,000 in other metropolitan areas, and jurisdictions with populations between 5,000 and 10,000 are allowed exemptions.  

To prepare all communities in metropolitan areas for plan updates, ODOT is providing a range of technical support and resources described on this webpage, including TSP Assessments.

2023 TSP Funding Program Webinar Slides​
Program Update ​Webinar recording – use passcode: 9vfrmt$?

Contact

Sarah Peters,​ Senior Planner 
Theresa Conley, Principal Planner









Contact

EmailTheresa Conley
Principal Planner
EmailZachary Horowitz, PE
Transportation Analysis Engineer
EmailBrian Hurley
Mitigation Program Manager- ODOT Climate Office