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Get involved, Make a difference When: Thu, May 27, 2021 6PM-7:30PM Where: Online meeting via Zoom Get Map!

To protect public health, safety and welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Subcommittee will meet remotely at 6:00 pm on May 27 via Zoom.

How to participate

• Zoom login information will be available in the meeting agenda on the Transportation Subcommittee page one week before the meeting.
• If you want to speak during the meeting, provide written comments, are unable to access the meeting remotely, or are otherwise unable to participate in the meeting, please notify us 24 hours in advance of the meeting for instructions and assistance. This will allow us time to provide alternate arrangements if needed.

Contact Jay Higgins at Jay.Higgins@GreshamOregon.gov or 503-618-2215 for participation instructions or more information about the meeting.

Metro's proposed Clackamas to Columbia River connector will impact school zones and pedestrian traffic on Northeast 181st Avenue

By Mike Elston, President
North Gresham Neighborhood Association

As President of the North Gresham Neighborhood Association, I'm informed about development plans that impact our neighborhood. Recently I became aware of a Metro proposal that'll increase traffic from Clackamas to the Columbia River ("C2C"), largely by routing it down Northeast 181st /182nd. Although the scheme has apparently been in development for years, Metro and the city of Gresham are only now involving North Gresham citizens — at a point where it's nearly a done-deal.

We have a number of concerns about C2C we feel aren't being heard by Metro. We strongly believe this will have the effect of transforming 181st /182nd into another 82nd Avenue. It will certainly increase traffic, which is already a nightmare during rush hour. That, in turn, will negatively impact the three schools along its proposed route as well as pedestrian access to the MAX and to our area's one grocery store.

We're at a loss to understand how this benefits North Gresham (and maybe that's why we weren't informed about the plan until it was too late to have much impact). Metro claims it'll provide jobs, but they're temporary employment during construction and not permanent.

In our view, this only benefits the higher-income residents of Happy Valley at the expense of Gresham's north-end, lower-income neighborhoods.

Funding for the C2C would be provided by the passage of Metro bond measure M 26-218 in November, and our only chance to delay C2C and permit more time for citizen feedback is for the measure to fail.

We therefore, ask for your help. Join us in voting NO on Measure 26-218, November 3, 2020.

The group says the changes have caused traffic backups and slow downs

When: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:30PM
Where: 1017 NE 117th Ave
(NE 117th & NE Holiday St)
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This meeting will explain what facts the Glisan Commuters Initiative has gathered and help the public understand what they've accomplished so far. Share your concerns and ideas. Join the discussion at this meeting!

Related info can be found here

Get involved, Make a difference When: Thu, Nov 07, 2019 6:30PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rm 2A and 2B 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

The Transportation Subcommittee advises the Gresham City Council in the ongoing development of a comprehensive transportation network that will improve the safety and livability of Gresham.

For more information about this event, contact Katherine Kelly, Comprehensive Planning Manager at 503-618-2110 or Katherine.Kelly@GreshamOregon.gov.

Get involved, Make a difference When: Thu, Sep 05, 2019 6:30PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rm 2A and 2B 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

The Transportation Subcommittee advises the Gresham City Council in the ongoing development of a comprehensive transportation network that will improve the safety and livability of Gresham.

For more information about this event, contact Katherine Kelly, Comprehensive Planning Manager at 503-618-2110 or Katherine.Kelly@GreshamOregon.gov.

Get involved, Make a difference When: Thu, Apr 11, 2019 6:30PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rm 2A and 2B 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

The Transportation Subcommittee advises the Gresham City Council in the ongoing development of a comprehensive transportation network that will improve the safety and livability of Gresham.

For more information about this event, contact Katherine Kelly, Comprehensive Planning Manager at 503-618-2110 or Katherine.Kelly@GreshamOregon.gov.

Exchange for a Hop Card! When: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 3:30PM-6PM Where: Gresham City Hall Springwater Trail Rm 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Join us at Gresham City Hall to exchange your unvalidated, foil-stamped tickets for a Hop card loaded with equivalent value. Along with exchanging fares, we'll be answering questions and handing out prizes and free Hop cards (a $3 value).

Unvalidated, foil stamped Adult, Youth and Honored Citizen 2 1/2-Hour tickets and 1-Day passes are eligible for exchange. Pre-validated paper passes (such as 1-Month passes and 7, 14, and 30-day passes) and fares purchased on the TriMet Tickets app cannot be exchanged.

There is an exchange limit of $250 and four Hop cards per person. If you need to exchange more than $250, please visit the TriMet Ticket Office at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Details and more events at trimet.org/ticketexchange.

search for: When: Thu, Dec 06, 2018 6:30PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rm HR Training 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

The Transportation Subcommittee advises the Gresham City Council in the ongoing development of a comprehensive transportation network that will improve the safety and livability of Gresham.

For more information about this event, contact Katherine Kelly, Comprehensive Planning Manger at 503-618-2110 or Katherine.Kelly@GreshamOregon.gov.

2018 Fall Newsletter "Diversity, Harmony, Community - Together 'WE' can make a difference!”

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Inside This Issue:   TriMet’s New 162nd Ave Bus Line 2018 Reynolds Athletic Hall of Fame 11/16 Happenings at Nadaka Nature Park Don’t ‘Leaf’ Debris In The Street Holiday Cooking, Freeze the Grease WENA Annual Election of Officers

Download your copy here. (includes active web links)

Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our regular meetings.

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Line-74 Is All About Connections  Line 74-162nd Ave is the new connection for East Portland and Gresham. The 6.5-mile bus line which launched in Spring 2018 offers weekday service between Wilkes, Glenfair, Rockwood and Centennial.

Line 74 runs north-south primarily along 162nd Ave between SE Powell and NE Airport Way between 7AM and 7PM Monday through Friday. Buses arrive about every 30 minutes for improved access to family-wage employment, grocery stores, healthcare and various social services in the Columbia Corridor and offers transfers to TriMet bus lines 4, 9, 20, 21, 25, 77, 82 and 87 as well as the MAX Blue Line.

“This bus line is about connections,” said TriMet Interim General Manager Shelley Devine. “It is a reflection of TriMet’s commitment to the region, to provide more and better bus service, to invest in communities like East Portland and Gresham and to bring faster, more reliable service to areas where people need it most.”

Thanks to new transportation funds, TriMet plans to expand service on Line 74 beginning in the fall 2019 with more frequent buses during rush hour and service later during weekdays and on the weekend.

TriMet is also making improvements to some of its oldest MAX stations along the Blue Line by installing larger windscreens, new shelter roofs, updated lighting and security cameras, new signs and TransitTracker™ displays. The E 162nd Ave stations will reopen in late-October early-November 2018, and work will begin on E 148th Ave stations in spring 2019.

Visit www.trimet.org for routes, schedules, news and more.