73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
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LC 866
 
                         Senate Bill 865
 
Sponsored by Senator B STARR
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires Department of Transportation to conduct state highway
system study for Portland metropolitan area. Requires State
Economist to oversee study.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to highway study.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall
conduct a state highway system study of highway use for the
Portland metropolitan area for the period from 1986 through 2025.
The purpose of the study is to determine:
  (a) All past and committed future financial investments into
the transportation system, including all federal, state and local
funds;
  (b) The past, current and projected ridership on mass transit
and the reduction of highway use provided by the financial
investment into mass transit;
  (c) The projected level of service for freight transportation
with the existing highway infrastructure capacity; and
  (d) The percentage reduction in use of single occupancy
vehicles that must occur toward alternative modes of
transportation to accommodate the projected increase in freight
transportation.
  (2) The State Economist of the Office of Economic Analysis of
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall oversee
the study and specifically analyze the projected level of service
for freight transportation with anticipated population growth and
forecasted growth in the movement of freight, including specific
mode splits.
  (3) The Department of Transportation shall develop a request
for proposals for the study.
  (4) The Department of Transportation shall appoint a study
review team to participate in the study and to examine the data
used in the study.
  (5) The study shall be funded by the Department of
Transportation.
  (6) The Department of Transportation shall report the results
of the study to the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly in the
manner provided by ORS 192.245 no later than January 31,
2007. + }
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