A study of the I-5 Transportation and Trade Partnership Task Force that resulted in a variety of corridor-wide improvement and traffic management recommendations, including the Columbia River Crossing, ODOT's Delta Park to Lombard Development Project and Salmon Creek widening projects.
A 28-member bi-state committee of Washington and Oregon citizens and leaders established to respond to concerns about congestion on I-5 between Vancouver and Portland. Between January 2001 and June 2002, the I-5 Partnership worked to develop a long-range strategic plan to manage and improve transportation in the I-5 corridor between I-405 in Portland and I-205 north of Vancouver.
Synonymous with effect. Includes ecological impacts (such as the effects on natural resources, and on the components, structures, and functioning of affected ecosystems), aesthetic, historic, cultural, economic, social, or health impacts, whether direct, indirect or cumulative. Effects may also include those resulting from actions that may have both beneficial and detrimental effects, even if on balance the agency believes the effect will be beneficial.
Intelligent transportation Systems vary in technologies applied, from basic management systems such as car navigation, traffic light control systems, container management systems, variable message signs or speed cameras to monitoring applications such as security CCTV systems, and then to more advanced applications which integrate live data and feedback from a number of other sources, such as weather information, bridge de-icing systems and the like.
The use of different types of transportation modes to move freight shipments and people, i.e. ships, trains, buses and trucks.
Any of a system of expressways or highways that connect most major U.S. cities.
Established to coordinate and streamline the regulatory reviews and permitting functions of the participating agencies of the Columbia River Crossing project. Members include representatives from key federal and state agencies responsible for protecting the region's air, water, wildlife and cultural resources. This
committee must formally concur on project decisions affecting their areas of concern at major project milestones. In addition, the committee provides advice and consultation regarding the NEPA process to the Project Development Team at formal concurrence and identified decision points. They will use a "streamlining" approach patterned after Washington's Signatory Agency Committee processes and Oregon's Collaborative Environmental and Transportation Agreement on Streamlining.
Trade, traffic or transportation in the United States that involves more than one state.