I205Portland Mall Project

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I-205/Portland Mall Project

• THE MALL DURING CONSTRUCTION
• Schedule
• Advanced Utilities
• Civil Construction
• Other Concurrent Construction Projects in
  Downtown
• Meier Frank
• Naito Parkway
• Burnside Bridge
• Third Fourth Avenue (North of Burnside)
• Will be nearing completion

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Downtown Transit Service During Mall Construction

• Constraints
• Beginning in 2006, construction activities will
  prohibit vehicular traffic on short stretches of
  5th 6th AvenuesBuses will need to move off the
  Mall
• Traffic analyses indicate no one pair of streets
  (other than 5th 6th) can accommodate all of the
  buses
• Maintaining Access to Downtown
  (Parking, Pedestrians, etc.)

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Downtown Bus Mall Construction ReroutesGuiding
Principles

• Minimize Impacts
• Pedestrians
• Traffic Circulation
• Businesses
• Maintain Good Transit Service
• High Level of Service Accessibility
• Customer Safety Security
• Public Transit as an Attractive Option

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Bus Reroute Streets Examined

• 2nd/3rd
• 4th/Broadway
• 10th/11th
• 5th/6th Contra-Flow
• Loop
• 4th/5th 6th/Broadway
• 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, Columbia/Jefferson

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Proposed DowntownBus Routes During Construction

• Service Planning Criteria
• Proximity to 5th 6th
• Connections to Existing Service
• to Create More Travel Options
• Opportunities to Bring New Service
• to Different Parts of Downtown

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Proposed Bus Reroute Plan

• 3rd/4th Avenues
• Close to Mall
• Fewer Impacts than on Broadway
• Keeps NB/SB Bus Service Only One Block Apart
• Unable to Support All Mall Bus Service
• 10th/11th Avenues
• Coordination with Streetcar
• Existing Transit Service Infrastructure
• Closest Couplet West of the Mall
• Will Keep Bus Volumes Relatively Low
• Columbia/Jefferson Streets
• Creates New Cross-Mall Accesses
• Some Bus Improvements Could Become Permanent

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