November 21, 2016

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TGM Highlight

The More You Know: TGM’s Quick Response Program

While most readers are familiar with TGM’s planning grant program, you may not be aware of TGM’s other programs, including Quick Response.

The Transportation and Growth Management Quick Response program helps communities identify ways to implement integrated transportation and land use plans and assists with multi-modal problem solving.

Quick Response projects are typically site specific, small scale, and short term -- focusing on facilitating readiness for future development (ideally within three years). The outcome should meet community objectives while achieving Transportation and Growth Management program goals and objectives supporting transportation-efficient, livable communities.

Learn more about Quick Response!

Events

Planning for an Aging Population Webinar

Tuesday, December 6, Noon to 1 pm

Is your community a great place to live for all ages? Which Oregon city or community do you think scores high for livability? Join AARP Public Policy Senior Strategic Policy Advisor Jana Lynott and AARP Oregon Engagement Director Bandana Shrestha to learn about and practice using the AARP Livability Index to:

• Create a baseline assessment of livability in your community;
• Compare the attributes and features of livability in different location; and
• Track changes in your community over time.

Register for free!

Other Resources on TGM-Related Issues

TGM News and Information includes electronic news clips, emphasizing reporting and commentary on transportation choices in Oregon and other states. The links to copyrighted news stories are not archived by TGM, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. Inclusion of these clips does not indicate endorsement.

Bicycling Is Getting Much Safer as Cities Add Bike Lanes

Ten American cities who have invested in improving bike facilities are seeing big returns: in nine of the ten cities, bicycling rates have more than doubled. Bicycling has also gotten significantly safer; rates of fatal and serious injury crashes have fallen by 43-79%.

The data come from a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study notes while American cities have made improvements, the fatality rate for bicyclists in the United States is almost five times as high as in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.

• Cycling Is Getting a Lot Safer in American Cities Adding a Lot of Bike Lanes
• Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure

Charles Marohn Salem Talk Online

Charles Marohn, the President of Strong Towns, a Minnesota-based nonprofit supporting growth that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient, visited Oregon in October. Watch Charles' A Strong Towns Approach presentation.

Oregon APA Conference Materials Available

Speaker handouts from the Oregon American Planning Association Conference in October are now available on-line. Grab presentations on many TGM-focused topics!

About Separated Bike Lanes: Six Video Examples

New approaches to bike lane designs are often best understood through visual tours. StreetFilms has collected six examples of separated bike lanes: Use Streetfilms to tell your community you want better bike lanes!

White House and Urban Land Institute Highlight Parking Reform

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s new "Housing Development Toolkit" includes ten recommendations for cities looking to boost housing, including eliminate off-street parking requirements. An excerpt: "Eliminate off-street parking requirements… a recent Urban Land Institute study found minimum parking requirements were the most noted barrier to housing development."

• Bending the Cost Curve: Solutions to Expand the Supply of Affordable Rentals
• Housing Development Toolkit

Web Site: Making the Transportation-Health Connection

The Oregon Department of Transportation and Oregon Health Authority are working to identify, develop and promote connections between public health and transportation. Find out more on Transportation and Health in Oregon.

 

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The Oregon Transportation and Growth Management program is a partnership between the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.

TGM supports community efforts to expand transportation choices for people. By linking land use and transportation planning, TGM works in partnership with local governments to create vibrant, livable places in which people can walk, bike, take transit or drive where they want to go. For more information about TGM’s work, visit www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM.