A TSP is required by Oregon's Statewide Planning Goal 12 and Transportation Planning Rule. Further, the plan will implement strategies contained in the Greater Newport Vision 2040 and Northside Urban Renewal Plan, which prioritize maintenance, upgrades, and revitalization within the US Highway 101 and US Highway 20 corridors.

The TSP considers all modes of travel and provides guidance on how to invest in the transportation system through a combination of projects, policies, and programs to meet travel needs for our growing, coastal city.

Why update the TSP?

Newport’s TSP needed to be updated to better reflect the current conditions and growing needs of the community. The City, State and others will make significant investments in the transportation system in the coming years and the plan informs how those dollars should be spent.

The City's previous TSP was adopted in 1997 and partially updated in 2008 and 2012. That TSP didn't accurately reflect the current condition or growing needs of our community. This TSP update describes how to meet the current and future needs of residents, businesses, and visitors—now and for the next 20 years.

TSP Elements

The Newport TSP update addresses:

• Desired streetscape, urban form, and arterial/collector roadway configuration for the City’s commercial core areas intended to catalyze redevelopment and meet the community’s long-term transportation needs.

• Viability of a north-south local roadway alternative to US 101.

• Integrated multi-use bike and pedestrian network that improves connectivity between neighborhoods, visitor destinations, and natural areas.

• Traffic calming measures and bicyclist and pedestrian safety needs, with an emphasis on high volume corridors.

• Transit needs of the community, including a coordinated strategy to augment and maintain the system.

• Acceptable street cross-sections with a palette of options that are responsive to different forms of development, environmental limitations and terrain constraints.

• Infill frontage improvement requirements that strike a reasonable balance between the cost to the developer and needs of the community.

Technical Memos

• Technical Memo 2 – Plan Review Summary (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Technical Memo 3 – Regulatory Review (PDF, 581 KB)
• Technical Memo 4 – Goals and Objectives (PDF, 405 KB)
• Technical Memo 5 – Existing Conditions (PDF, 12 MB)
• Technical Memo 6 – Future Traffic Forecast (PDF, 982 KB)
• Technical Memo 7 – Future Transportation Conditions and Needs (PDF, 1 MB)
• Technical Memo 8 - Solutions Evaluations (PDF, 4MB)
• Technical Memo 9 - Finance Program (PDF, 192 KB)
• Technical Memo 10 - Transportation Standards (PDF, 14 MB)
• Technical Memo 11 - Alternative Mobility Targets (PDF, 821KB)
• Technical Memo 12 - Development Code Amendments (PDF, 1.5MB)
• DRAFT - Executive Summary (PDF, 400KB)
• DRAFT - Transportation System Plan (PDF, 14MB) 
• Newport Transportation System Plan - July 2022 (PDF, 48.6MB)
  • Volume 1 - July 2022 (PDF, 11.4MB)

Project Information and Community Outreach

• 2019 Newport TSP Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• 2019 Ciudad de Newport Actualización del Plan de Transporte en Español (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Stakeholder Interview Summaries (PDF, 761 KB)
• Phase 1 Outreach Summary (PDF, 446 KB)
• Phase 2 Outreach Summary (PDF, 600 KB)
• Phase 2 Outreach Appendix (PDF, 273 KB)
• Flyer advertising Phase 2 Outreach (PDF, 442 KB)

Reference Links

• Transportation System Plan Guidelines (ODOT)
• What is a TSP? (ODOT)
• Greater Newport Vision 2040 Plan (City of Newport)
• City of Newport Urban Renewal Plan and Newport Urban Renewal Plan Fact Sheet

Events

Community Workshops

• Fall 2020

  • Thank you to everyone who attended the Virtual Workshop on November 21. Here are the slides that were used at the event. You can watch the workshop here, as well as a few of the breakout room discussions.

  • Community members participated in an online open house from November 16th to December 20th where feedback was gathered about the community needs and priorities.

  • Thoughts, questions and concerns from the first round of public outreach are gathered in this Outreach Summary (PDF, 446 KB) 

• Summer 2021

  • An in-person workshop for the community was held at City Hall on August 11th where attendees discussed the draft solutions for Newport's future transportation system.

  • Community members participated in the second online open house from August 2 through August 30th. They reviewed the draft solutions for Newport's current transportation challenges and shared feedback. Click here to visit the online open house which happened on August 11th. 

  • The community thoughts, questions and concerns from the first round of public outreach are gathered in this Outreach Summary (PDF, 600 KB) 

Committees

Policy Advisory Committee (PAC)

The Policy Advisory Committee will provide a community perspective and advice to the Project Management Team (PMT) to inform the process of developing the TSP Update. 

Persons wishing to submit testimony to the Transportation System Plan Policy Advisory Committee, may send written comments to publiccomment@newportoregon.gov. The written comments must be received four hours before a scheduled meeting. These comments will be acknowledged by the committee at the appropriate time but will not be read aloud during the meetings.

If you wish to make a "real time" comment during a meeting, a request to speak must be received four hours prior to a scheduled meeting. The request should be e-mailed to publiccomment@newportoregon.gov. Once a request to speak has been received, staff will send the requestor the Zoom meeting link. This link will allow a requestor to participate via video or telephone. The request to speak should include the agenda item on which the requestor wishes to speak. If the comments are not related to a particular agenda item, the request to speak should include a notation that the request is for general public comment, and the general topic.

All public meetings of the City of Newport are livestreamed and televised on Charter Channel 190. To access the livestream, visit the Transportation System Plan Policy Advisory Committee page at https://www.newportoregon.gov/citygov/comm/tsp.asp. Once there, an "in progress" note will appear if the meeting is underway; click on the "in progress" link to watch the livestream. It is not possible to get into a meeting that will be livestreamed before the meeting starts.

• PAC #1 - October 16, 2019, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #1 was to introduce PAC members to the project, describe the TSP update process, provide an overview of transportation planning for TSPs, and outline the project’s next steps and future PAC meetings.
  • PAC #1 Packet
• PAC #2 - March 12, 2020, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #2 was to review what has been learned to date, discuss and respond to the stakeholder interview questions, provide feedback on draft approach for the Community Workshop series set for April, and review the initial concepts for highway system improvements.
  • PAC #2 Packet
• PAC #3 - September 9, 2020, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #3 is to review findings for future baseline analysis and review the proposed Event Plan for Workshop #1 activities.
  • PAC #3 Packet
• PAC #4 - February 25, 2021, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #4 is to review public comments collected through Workshop #1 and the next steps moving forward including the initial findings of solution evaluations. 
  • PAC #4 Packet
• PAC #5 - July 8, 2021, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #5 is to review the draft solutions and provide an update on the upcoming outreach activities. 
  • PAC #5 Packet
• PAC #6 - December 16, 2021, 6:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  The purpose of Meeting #6 is to review the public comments collected through Workshop #2 and the draft Transportation System Plan.
  • PAC #6 Packet
• PAC #7 - January 27, 2022, 4:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  • PAC #7 Packet
• PAC #8 - February 24, 2022, 4:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers 
  • PAC #8 Packet
• PAC #9 - March 24, 2022, 4:00pm
  Newport City Hall Council Chambers
  • PAC #9 Packet

City Council 

• September 30, 2019
  • Town Hall Presentation Slides (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• 2022 - Both the City Council and Planning Commission will review the draft Transportation System Plan (TSP). Meeting dates and materials can be viewed with the links below:
  • Planning Commission Agendas/Materials
  • City Council Agendas/Materials

Questions? Comments?

Contact: Derrick Tokos AICP
City of Newport Community Development Director
541-574-0626 info@NewportTSP.org