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  • Support the Non-Highway STIP

  • UPDATE: The OTC has decided to throw out these scenarios and provide three new "hybrid" scenarios with less than a week's notice. Check out our #StopTheSTIP Bike Loud PDX Campaign to share why we the OTC should still support the "Non-Highway" scenario: stopthestip.com


    While it may seem like eons away, 2024 is just around the corner. Oregon DOT's is currently planning for what to invest in the 2024-2027 timeframe (referred by policy wonks as the Surface Transportation Improvement Plan, or STIP). ODOT has suggested five different funding scenarios, seen below:

    ODOT's 2024-2027 STIP Funding Scenarios. (Source: ODOT)

    As you might be able to tell, there is only one option which significantly increases funding for bicycle and pedestrian improvements: the "Non-Highway" scenario.

    UPDATE: The OTC has decided to throw out these scenarios and provide three new "hybrid" scenarios with less than a week's notice. Check out our #StopTheSTIP Bike Loud PDX Campaign to share why we the OTC should still support the "Non-Highway" scenario: stopthestip.com

    If you want to share some statistics, here are just some of the reasons we should be investing in the Non-Highway scenario:

    • While only 3.7% of people walked to work in 2017, over 16% of the deaths on Oregon's roadways in 2017 were pedestrians. (Sources: ACS 5-Yr 2017, ODOT 5-Yr Crash Summary Report)
    • ODOT's deadly orphan highways in the Metro region continue to ignored, with poor sidewalk coverage, no or substandard bike lanes, and high speeds.
    • Transportation accounts for 40% of carbon emissions in the state. (Source: Oregon DEQ)
    • Non-highway projects create 4 more jobs per $1M spent than highway projects (Source: AARP)
    • Every $1 spent on completing Gresham's Active Transportation Plan will generate $2.48 of benefits related to improved air quality, household transportation savings, and reduced healthcare costs over 23 years. (Source: Multnomah County REACH)
    • Every $1 spent on completing Portland's 2030 Bike Plan will generate $20 in benefits through reduced healthcare costs, transportation savings, and statistical lives saved over 50 years. (Source: Gotschi, 2010)
    • Building bike lanes has repeatedly shown to increase business activity, particularly and along Main Streets. (Source: PSU TREC)

    While Bike Loud has co-signed a letter supporting the Non-Highway Scenario, along with the Oregon Environmental Council, Bend Bikes, WashCo Bike Coalition, Verde NW, OPAL Environmental Justice, and other great organizations, we still need you!

    Tell the Oregon Transportation Commission why you think we should invest in the Non-Highway Funding Scenario by December 1st here: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Get-Involved/Pages/OTC-Comments.aspx