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Portland, ORMetro area:

Transit Serviceand Finance

Linking Land Use, Transportationand the Environment

Andy Cotugno Senior Policy Advisor |Metro | Portland, Oregon

PortlandMetro:

TransitServiceandFinance


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PortlandMetro:


The Pacific Northwest


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PortlandMetro:


Regional Context


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PortlandMetro:


2040 Theme:

Growth in Centers

Compact urban centers built to human scale

Mixed housing and commerce served with goodtransit

Focus of civic activities and public services

Parking ratios established


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PortlandMetro:


2040 Theme:

Economy Vitality

Maintain freightmobility on

highways

Ensure qualityfreight access toports and industrialareas from regions

highway and railnetwork


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2040 Theme:

Environmental Health

Network of naturalareas, parks, trails andopen spaces

Protections forstreams and uplandnatural areas

Tools: Regulation,

Purchase, Incentives,Education

Reduce quantity andimprove quality ofrunoff


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PortlandMetro:


2040 Theme:

Protect Rural Areas

Maintain tight UrbanGrowth Boundary

Create GreenCorridors along ruralstate highways

Mitigate urban

overflow on ruralroutes

Maintain ruralseparation betweenMetro region and

neighbor cities


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PortlandMetro:


Auto-Oriented Transit-Oriented

Neighborhoods

& Industry40-45%

Small Centers& Main Streets45-55%

Large Centers45-70%

Metros Regional Transportation Plan

Non-SOV (Single Occupant

Vehicle) Goal


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PortlandMetro:


Annual Rides/Capita

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Rides/Capita Growth

Boarding Rides/Capita Originating Rides/Capita


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PortlandMetro:


Work Trip Mode Share

2009

Population

Single Occupant

Vehicle

(SOV)

Transit

Portland-

Vancouver Metro

area

2,241,000 75.8% 6.7%

City ofPortland 574,000 65.1% 13.2%

Source: US Census


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PortlandMetro:


Light Rail (LRT/SLR) and

Frequent Bus


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PortlandMetro:


Transit Service vs. CostMAX/Rail, Frequent Bus, Other Bus

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

MAX/Rail Frequent Bus Other Bus

Ridership

Operating Cost

29%

36% 35%

25%

37%39%


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PortlandMetro:


Future High Capacity Transit


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PortlandMetro:


Future Streetcar


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PortlandMetro:


Transit Trends

Source: TriMet, 2007

MAX provides 34% ofweekday transit trips

MAX ridership hasincreased 19consecutive years

96.9 million boardings- 63 million bus trips- 34 million MAX trips

- 315,500 average daily boardings

23rd largest metrowith 8th largestannual transitridership per capita

1996-2006


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PortlandMetro:


Annual

BoardingTransit Ridesper capita


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PortlandMetro:


Daily Vehicle Miles

Travel per capitaU.S. and Portland

18

24

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

DVMT/Person

Portland Only Portland-Vancouver U.S. National

verage


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PortlandMetro:


Transit Operating Funding

Payroll Tax 55% of operating revenue 1972 -78: .3 to .5% of gross payroll

1979 2004: .62% of gross payroll

2005 2015: .62 to .72% of gross payroll

Corporations, Self-employed, Municipal Government, State

Government (excludes Federal Government)

Fares 20% of operating revenues $1 to $2.35 cash fare

3-zones

Monthly, Annual, Senior, Student Discount Passes

Miscellaneous 25%: state & federal

grants; ads; local contribution; contracted

service.


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PortlandMetro:


Transit Capital Funding

Federal Formula Categories: Urbanized area - $32 million/year Fixed Guideway Modernization - $11 million/year

Federal Discretionary New Starts 50-60% of project cost ($400 800 million) Small Starts (Streetcar) 25 50% of project ($75 million)

Regional Flexible Funds 5-15% of project cost ($18-100

million)

State Discretionary (varies substantially) Lottery 3 of 7 LRT routes: $114 million/12%

$250 million/17%

$ 35 million/22%


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PortlandMetro:


Transit Capital Funding(continued)

Local (varies substantially higher on streetcar) Local Government General Fund

General Obligation Bonds (TriMet and County)

System Development Fees (building permit fees)

Tax Increment Financing (Urban Renewal)

Local Improvement District

Parking fees and fines

Land contribution in lieu of funding PDX Airport fees


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PortlandMetro:


Revenue Observations(Continued)

Property Tax Broad-based tied to asset value not income

Very stable increases 3%+/year

Constitutional cap @ $15 per $1,000 of value

Overcrowded by local governments and schools

Good for GO Bonds - $10.9 million debt service on $125

million LRT Bonds = $.09 per $1,000 tax rate

Sales Tax Broad-based Very Productive

Regressive

Fluctuates with economy

Not available in Oregon; failed at ballot box repeatedly


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Property benefitting taxes and fees Requires creation of benefit district

Directly relates to benefit to property

Good link to development Every contribution negotiated typically 1% of property

value paid over 20 years

Rate steps down with distance from transit

Development Fees (System Development Charges) Identified Capital Improvements to serve growth

Rate tied to share of growth responsibility typically trip

generation

Collected at time of building permit


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Urban Renewal (Tax Increment

Financing) Requires creation of urban renewal district

Property tax assessments frozen for existing tax

collections

Growth in tax base diverted to urban renewal district

Provides cash flow to support debt for capital

improvements

Capital improvements tied to redevelopment plan

Transit capital improvements eligible

Public tends to distrust at first

Other tax collectors must support


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PortlandMetro:


State Contribution

Hit and Miss Rural dominated

Legislature

Lottery contribution uses a regressivetax

Flexing highway funds by region

consistent with regional vision

Flexing highway funds by state loosely

tied to benefit to adjacent state

highway


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PortlandMetro:


Oregon Mileage Fee

Pilot Project Group 1 Control Group: Standard State Gas Tax @ 20 cents per gallon

Group 2 - VMT Group: 20 cents per gallon @ 20 mpg

VMT Fee = 1.2 cents per mile for travel within

Oregon

Group 3 - Rush Hour Group: 10 cents per mile for travel within congestion zone

during rush hour

.43 cents per mile outside congestion zone or outside

rush hour

RESULTS:

VMT Group reduced total VMT 12%; Rush Hour Group reduced 14%

Rush Hour Group reduced peak driving 22%

Good public acceptance; minimal privacy concern

Can be phased in Legislature is considering for electric vehicles

Piggybacks on gas tax collection system

Little tax evasion potential

Administration & Enforcement estimated at 3% of net revenue collected above gas

tax

Final Report: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/RUFPP/docs/RUFPP_finalreport.pdf?ga=t


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PortlandMetro:


VMT Fee: Sample Gas ReceiptL

eathers Fuels11421 SE Powell Blvd

Portland, OR 97266

06/09/06 12:45 PM

Card: VISA

Batch# 00 Seq # 001

Account# 0007

TESTCARD/TEST

Approval 00000NTrans# 882317

Unit# 00011661166

T# 091181206

Pump# 1 Unleaded

Gallons 19.50

Price/Gal $ 2.549

ST Fuel Tax $ (4.68)

*** ODOT VMT ***

VMT Fee : 5.12

Sale Total $ 45.03

Rush Hour : 40.0 miles

In_Oregon : 280.6 miles

Non-Oregon : 0

Thank You!

Fuel cost: $49.71Minus Gas Tax: $ 4.68Plus VMT Fee: $ 5.12Charge: $45.03


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Andrew C. CotugnoMetro

[email protected]

www.oregonmetro.gov

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