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Find out about Gresham’s current transportation conditions and the projects being considered. Then, answer questions to help us understand how to make it safer and easier for everyone to get around. Already know about the Transportation System Plan (TSP)? You can skip ahead to the survey on the "Vehicular Projects" page.
This site has several “stations” where you can learn about updates to the Transportation System Plan and share your thoughts. Use the buttons at the top to go straight to a station, or click “next” below to move through them one at a time.
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A Transportation System Plan (TSP) is a 20-year plan for improving transportation. It includes ideas for projects, programs, and policies to help everyone, such as people who drive, walk, roll, transport goods, ride bikes, or take the bus/MAX.
The Gresham TSP will also focus on four important topics: equity, the effects of climate change, traffic safety, and new technologies.
In 2020, Gresham experienced a sharp increase in traffic-related deaths, with 31 lives lost—a 45% rise, even though there was less driving during the pandemic. This shows the urgent need to review safety strategies and make improvements.
The current Transportation System Plan (TSP) was last updated in 2013 and does not fully address new priorities like equity, climate action, or emerging transportation technologies. While recent updates, such as improvements in the Pleasant Valley area (2020) and the Active Transportation Plan (2022), have added valuable pieces, a more complete plan is now needed.
As Gresham’s population grows, we need to make sure the city stays a great place to live. That means planning for a future where everyone—whether walking, biking, rolling, driving, or riding the bus—has safe and accessible ways to get around.
We gathered feedback from community members through eight tabling events, two focus groups, and an online survey.Here's what we heard:
Through this project, the new TSP will tackle transportation challenges by focusing on equity, safety and sustainability, while shaping policies to address the impact of emerging technologies. Your input will play a key role in shaping the plan.
This project will:
At community events in the summer of 2024 we asked community members to rank their values. The graph shows how often each value was ranked “very important” by event and survey participants. Safety for all modes and all ages/abilities was the most highly ranked priority, followed by improved access and connectivity. We then went back out to the community to review the long list of projects and hear what was most important.
The following concerns were frequently identified and highlight several safety issues on Gresham’s streets:
Specific locations that we heard have traffic or safety needs:
We often get asked “How will you pay for these projects?” Gresham has a variety of funding sources (listed below) to pay for transportation improvements over the next 20-years.
Below are potential funding options and the estimated amounts these sources are expected to generate between 2025 and 2045:
Total projected revenue: $498 million
Where does capital funding come from?
Total funding: $498,000,000
But...the City of Gresham needs to maintain the roads, sidewalks, bike paths and other transportation infrastructure that already exists, which is projected to cost about $302,000,000 during this same time. Which means there is about $196,000,000 for new projects.
In addition to meeting the City’s own goals, prioritized projects will need to meet state and regional requirements to help reduce reliance on car trips (i.e. reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) per capita) and to build out complete streets that make the transportation system safe and usable for all whether they are driving, walking, biking or taking transit.
The difference available to fund projects: $196 million
How much funding is likely available for capital projects over the TSP's planning horizon?
Learn more about state Transportation Planning Rules (TPR) on prioritization frameworks
Learn more about the Metro Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
The City is considering a range of improvements to address transportation needs. Some projects are well-defined, such as those specifying installation of vehicle lanes, bike lanes, and sidewalks. Some needs are identified, but the specific improvement needs to be defined. For example, the project lists identify crossing improvement needs, but that could be a striped crossing at the simpler end up to a signalized pedestrian crossing at the complex end. The following images show the types of improvements being considered.
On the map below:
Note: You can click on these lines and dots in the map to see more information and how the project scored against goals criteria, with higher scores better than lower scores.
Please answer the questions below about projects on roadways (corridors) and at specific intersections (where two or more roads cross). Your answers will help us determine what projects to prioritize (or build).
Before you leave, remember to submit your responses on the "Next steps" page.
The project team will incorporate community input into the Draft TSP. These potential transportation projects will be presented as a Draft TSP to the Gresham City Council.
These questions are optional, but help us understand who we’ve reached and who we still need to hear from.
We are requesting the following demographic information to help evaluate the effectiveness of our public outreach efforts. Providing this information is voluntary and will only be used to improve our engagement with the community.