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Near Term Actions
The proposed improvements described below will address existing needs, including multimodal system complete-
ness and safety, and can reasonably be expected to be completed within the next 15 years with a strong commit-
ment from one or more of the partner agencies that have jurisdiction over subject transportation facilities.

• Complete detailed multi-agency study to determine future potential for high capacity transit
solutions within the Tualatin Valley Highway corridor

• Improve bus stops along Tualatin Valley Highway
• More frequent bus service

• Add street lighting on Tualatin Valley Highway
• Improve Tualatin Valley Highway pedestrian crossings
• Complete Planning and Conceptual design for a Multi-use path
• Fill gaps in sidewalks and add landscape buffers along Tualatin Valley Highway

• Add directional wayfinding signs
• Complete the (currently discontinuous and narrow) bike lanes on Tualatin Valley Highway
• Improve bike crossings of Tualatin Valley Highway

• Develop continuous east-west parallel bike routes north and south of Tualatin Valley Highway
ADOPTED TEXT • Support and promote employer incentive programs to reduce driving
• Public community rail safety education

• Improve signal timing, transit prioritization and traffic operations monitoring
• Signal prioritization for transit
• Adaptive signal control (“smart signals” that adjust timing to congestion levels)

• Improve operations at signalized intersections along Tualatin Valley Highway
• Intersection modification to address safety and mobility
• Left-turn signal improvements

Opportunistic Actions
Understanding that funding opportunities (whether public funding or public funding in combination with
private sources) may arise to pay for transportation improvements within the TVCP Project Area, this section
includes projects that are important but whose implementation will be dependent on what funding is lever-
aged in the future. The recommendations discussed below include projects for partner agencies in the TVCP
Project Area to work towards to meet the goals and objectives of the TVCP, while attempting to:

• Encourage private contributions by developers to implement the near term improvements,
including reserving right-of-way for future transportation improvements (City of Hillsboro, City of
Beaverton, Washington County).
• Consider the acquisition of land for the development of a westbound business access transit
(BAT) lane as redevelopment opportunities arise on Tualatin Valley Highway. The City of Hillsboro
may also require all half-street improvements be constructed to include the set-back curb, planter
strip and sidewalk improvement to create an amenable environment for future transit solutions on
Tualatin Valley Highway. This redevelopment should be consistent with ODOT standards.

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