PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY: FIFTH AND SIXTH AVENUES TRANSIT MALL, PORTLAND, OREGON

The project described in this study consists of the preliminary designs of a mass transit mall along 5th and 6th Avenues in downtown Portland, a distance of approximately 11 blocks for each Avenue. The mall is designed to make mass transit an attractive and compelling alternative to the automobile. Almost all buses operating in the downtown area will be routed to and through the transit mall. In addition, the mall is expected to provide convenient transfers between lines and serve as a link between suburban transit stations, shuttle buses, inter-city buses and, heavy and light rail transportation. Included in this study are construction cost estimates, preliminary engineering design plans, traffic design plans, landscape architecture designs, traffic improvement plans, an an environmental impact analysis.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared for Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Funding assistance provided by DOT, Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects

  Georgia-Pacific Building, 900 SW Fifth Avenue
  Portland, OR  United States  97204

  Halprin (Lawrence) & Associates

  1620 Montgomery Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94111

  Moffat, Nichol & Bonney Engineers

  1845 NE Church Street
  Portland, OR  United States  97211
• Publication Date: 1974-8-14

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 107 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bus transportation; Construction; Costs; Environmental impacts; Intercity bus lines; Lane distribution; Mode choice; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Shopping centers; Suburbs; Traffic; Transfers; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172921
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-09-0022
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1981 12:00AM