Are you concerned about the NE 82nd Max Station?
Here's your chance to tell someone! From Save Madison South:
Eastside MAX Station Open House
April 14th
5-8pm - drop in any time
Glenhaven (Banfield Pet Hospital)
Drop-in to learn about the project and share your ideas on how the areas around MAX stations can be improved.
The purpose of the Eastside MAX Station Communities Project is to take a comprehensive look at station community areas within one-half mile of MAX light rail stations in Northeast and Southeast Portland.
The basic question is: How can these communities become better places? The project will evaluate and recommend changes to land use/zoning, building and station design, transit and transportation facilities surrounding six stations: 60th Avenue, 82nd Avenue, Parkrose/Sumner, 122nd Avenue, 148th Avenue, and 162nd Avenue (see map). The objective is to help the Station Communities better serve transit users, support transit-oriented development and create more attractive communities.
Eastside MAX Station Communities Project
Project Goals:
-Enhance transit ridership by encouraging mixed-use, transit-oriented development in the Station Communities.
-Create attractive places that serve as community gathering points.
-Improve connections and access to the stations.
-Improve safety and security at the stations and the surrounding areas by increasing the community activity in the surrounding areas ("eyes on the street").
-Help meet Portland's sustainability goals by encouraging more transit ridership.
Project Phases
Phase 1
Spring 2008
Needs & Opportunities
Look at existing conditions in each station community to identify needs and opportunities for future improvements and development.
Phase 2
Fall 2008
Alternatives
Create and evaluate land use and transportation alternatives that will improve the quality and attractiveness of each station community.
Phase 3
Winter 2009
Implementation
Refine the recommended land use and transportation alternative and develop an implementation strategy that identifies specific actions.
Next Steps
Station Community Walks
A series of walking tours is scheduled to provide the opportunity to explore a wide range of issues that are specific to each station area. All walks will start from the MAX station at 6:30pm. If you are unable to make it on the date of the walk, download a discussion guide from the project website.
Walk Schedule
April 30-162nd Avenue
May 8-Parkrose/Sumner
May 14-60th Avenue
May 15-148th Avenue
May 21-82nd Avenue
May 22-122nd Avenue
Project Components
Community Participation: Create a collaborative planning process that includes station community residents, businesses, government agencies and other stakeholders through working group meetings and a series of public workshops.
Land Use: Evaluate land use designations (comprehensive plan and zoning) in the Station Communities in order to foster a development pattern that creates mixed-use, transit-oriented development that will increase transit ridership and create attractive station communities.
Transportation: Improve access to the stations and enhance connections to important destinations within the surrounding areas. Explore opportunities to improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the surrounding neighborhoods to encourage alternatives and reduce reliance on the automobile.
Community Design: Explore design issues for the stations, and surrounding neighborhoods and streets to improve the attractiveness of the station community for transit-oriented development. Improve the design quality and urban form of Station Community development and improve public safety and security.
Focus Site Analysis: Explore the design and economic feasibility of development on key sites in each Station Community that could be a catalyst for attracting new development to these Station Communities. This analysis will identify economic, design or other challenges to development.
Implementation: Create an implementation strategy that:
-Establishes the land-use and design framework
-Removes barriers to compatible development
-Identifies public improvements (e.g., sidewalks); and
-Identifies new incentives to attract development that enhances the station communities.
For more information about this project, please contact:
Tom Armstrong
Project Manager
Bureau of Planning
503 823-3527
tom.armstrong@ci.portland.or.us
Posted on April 11, 2008
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