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TECHNICAL MEMO #1

• Southwest Service Enhancement Plan (2015) followed the WSEP and established a
comprehensive service vision to areas of Washington County roughly south and east of
Scholls Ferry Road, including the cities of Tigard, Tualatin, and Sherwood. The major
themes of the SWSEP were to improve transit connections between suburban
residential communities and employment centers, expand the Frequent Service bus
network and increase frequency on local routes, and implement transit priority
treatments. Figure 2-7 illustrates the SWSEP.

• Coordinated Transportation Plan for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities (2016)
identifies the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults, and
people with low incomes, provides strategies for meeting those local needs, and
prioritizes transportation services for funding and implementation. In Washington
County, the CTP specifically mentions Bethany, Aloha, and River Terrace as areas in need
of additional service, with express bus service between Wilsonville and downtown
Portland along I-5 and service between Tualatin/Wilsonville, Oregon City and Clackamas
Town Center along I-205 as examples of needed intercity connections.

• Tri-County Public Transportation Improvement Plan (2018) is TriMet’s qualifying plan
to receive and distribute employee payroll tax revenues, as part of HB 2017, for the
expansion of public transportation services in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington
counties. The PTIP provides a 5-year roadmap for the roll-out of possible future services
and programs to improve service in low-income communities using the service
proposals in the SEPs as a blueprint, as well as planned revenue and service
improvements and programs within the next 2 ½-years. Within the TriMet service
district, the PTIP allocates nearly $49 million in on-going, annual investments, including
about $3 million annually in the Regional Coordination Program and approximately $50
million in onetime investments such as transit priority treatments, accessibility
improvements, and electric bus program development. In the portion of Washington
County outside the TriMet service district, the PTIP includes approximately $1.2 million
for service investments, with half designated for transit services in the rural area and
half allocated to City of Wilsonville (served by South Metro Area Regional Transit).
Figure 2-8 illustrates the PTIP for the urban area.
• The rural service improvements include:
• Expanding service hours for the West Link route serving North Plains and Banks
(formerly the Washington County Community Bus), and exploring potential route
modifications to better serve the North Hillsboro employment center
• Additional funding for demand response service by purchasing additional vehicles to
expand the current fleet capacity better accommodate demand
• Explore the feasibility of developing a rural workforce shuttle in coordination with
organizations that server and/or work with the employees of agricultural and other
rural economic sectors
• Expanding inter-regional service coordination with transit service providers in
Columbia, Yamhill, Tillamook counties which connect to TriMet’s service district in
Washington County.

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