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possess a valid driver’s license. Hosts (people sharing their vehicle with others) must also have
their vehicle insured. In most cases, renters must schedule a meeting time with the car owner
for vehicle pick-up and drop-off while other car owners offer delivery and will bring the car
directly to the renter. Usage fees are at an hourly or daily rate and car owners receive up to 85
percent of the total trip price. Renters can reserve vehicles ahead of time online or through a
smart phone application. Turo is available in the following Washington County cities: Beaverton,
Hillsboro, Cornelius, North Plains, Sherwood, Tualatin, and Wilsonville.

2.5 Active Transportation

Both County and local efforts are underway to improve active transportation (biking and
walking) conditions and encourage the use of active transportation. Recent efforts to promote
walking and biking in Washington County include:
 Washington County Bicycle Facility Design Toolkit (2012). This document supplements
County Road Design Standards and provides engineers and planners with a toolkit of
options for addressing safety concerns and accommodating a wider range of bicyclists.
 Washington County Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project (2013). This project
created a comprehensive inventory of existing deficiencies of the biking and walking
network on urban arterial and collector roadways. A list of 30 future bicycle and
pedestrian projects was developed and prioritized. As part of the evaluation framework,
a series of measures were identified and spatially mapped using available Geographic
Information System (GIS) datasets, such as travel volumes and speeds, road network
density and connectivity, and crash locations.
 Washington County Neighborhood Bikeway Plan (2014). This Plan serves as a toolkit
for identifying, implementing, and marketing neighborhood bikeways.

 Washington County School Access Improvement Study (2016). This study documented
traffic infrastructure barriers, such as walkway and bikeway gaps or lack of safe
crossings that prevent or limit students’ ability to walk and bike to school safely in the
urban unincorporated area. A list of access and safety infrastructure projects with
planning-level cost estimates were developed that focused on addressing “hazard”
areas within 1 to 1.5 mile distance of schools that would eliminate the need for districts
to provide busing, increasing walking and biking connectivity in the walk areas, to
reduce traffic congestion around schools and increase access, and improving safety at
intersections, crossings, and access points.
 Beaverton Active Transportation Plan (2017). This plan establishes Beaverton’s vision
of pedestrian and bicycle routes and their functional classifications within and through
the City.

 TriMet’s Pedestrian Network Analysis Report (2011) assessed the availability of
pedestrian amenities, such as sidewalks and crosswalks, near high-ridership transit stops
throughout the region. Locations with a significant concentration of high-ridership
transit stops, a relatively high density and mix of land uses, and an observed deficiency
of pedestrian facilities, were advanced as “focus areas” for further site study and
consideration of solutions. Washington County contains four focus areas: 1) at the

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