Transportation shapes our communities and our everyday lives. Access to reliable transit, safe biking and walking connections, and streets and highways where traffic flows allows us to reach our jobs, schools and families. It connects us to the goods and services we depend on and helps keep nature and recreation opportunities within reach.
The Regional Transportation Plan is a blueprint to guide investments for all forms of travel – motor vehicle, transit, bicycle and walking – and the movement of goods and freight throughout the Portland metropolitan region. The plan identifies current and future transportation needs, investments needed to meet those needs and what funds the region expects to have available to over the next 25 years to make those investments a reality. The plan is updated every five years with input from community members, business and community leaders and governments and is an opportunity to work together for a future when no matter where you live or where you’re going, you can have safe, reliable and affordable options to get there.
On November 30, 2023, the Metro Council adopted the 2023 Regional Transportation Plan via Ordinance No. 23-1496. The Council’s adoption followed the recommendations of the Metro Policy Advisory Committee and the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation to approve the plan. The plan and appendices can be downloaded below.
The Regional Transportation Plan and these supporting strategies and modal plans guide planning and investment decisions:
To build these plans and strategies, we need to fund them. As the metropolitan planning organization for the greater Portland region, Metro receives federal funding to help pay for projects that allow for a greater focus on local priorities and innovative solutions to address regional transportation challenges.
Learn about regional flexible funding for transportation projects