Presolicitation Notice_City of Springfield Transportation System Plan Final.docx

Pre-mini-solicitation Notice – for TLUP 21 Price Agreement Holders B38909, B38913, B38914, B38916, B38917, B38918, B38922, B38923 and B38924

This is a notice for an upcoming mini-solicitation under the TLUP 21 Price agreement. This notice is not a solicitation. ODOT anticipates releasing the mini solicitation in June 2026.

Stacie Olano (Stacie.olano@odot.oregon.gov) is the single point of contact for this mini-solicitation. If you have any questions please email her.

Project Information:

Consultant shall complete a major update of the City of Springfield (the “City”) Transportation System Plan (TSP) to reflect and create consistency with recent updates to the Transportation Planning Rules (TPR) (the “Project”). These updates to the TPR emphasize transportation planning and solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote safety and completeness of the multimodal transportation system and seek to create a more equitable transportation system. The updated TSP must identify an integrated network of multi-modal transportation facilities and services consistent with the TPR and adequate to support development of the City’s existing and planned land uses over a twenty-year planning horizon. The Project Area is the Urban Growth Boundary (“UGB”).

Project Area The Project Area consists of the area inside the City’s UGB as shown in Figure 1 below:

Background Below is a summary of relevant background information that pertains to the Springfield major TSP update. The City of Springfield has completed significant relevant planning work and has more currently underway with existing projects that will be incorporated into the major TSP update. Planning for the UGB expansion areas and fulfilling the Vehicle Miles Traveled (“VMT”) er capita reduction and financially constrained project list requirements may be some of the more significant work needed to complete the Springfield major TSP update.

Transportation System Plan The City of Springfield adopted the 2035 Springfield Transportation System Plan (TSP) in 2014 as the first Springfield-specific TSP. Previously, transportation planning was completed for the metropolitan area.

In 2020, the City of Springfield and Lane County amended the 2035 Springfield TSP to implement the adopted transportation goals and policies (Chapter 3). The 2020 update included amendments to the TSP project lists and figures and the Springfield Development Code.

Land Use Assumptions Planning for the horizon year of 2050 will require making some assumptions about land use as the economic and housing elements of the Springfield Comprehensive Plan are based on a horizon year of 2030. The Residential Lands and Housing Study and Economic Opportunities Analysis were based on 2008 data and adopted in 2011 and 2016 respectively. The state now provides housing unit projections, but these will need to be allocated to the Transportation Analysis Zones (“TAZs”) as an update to the land use model. The City, in coordination with LCOG, will need to update employment projections and allocate jobs across the TAZs. Thus, in order to run the travel demand model, the City, in coordination with LCOG, must first update the land use allocation model.

Urbanizable Areas In 2016, the City of Springfield expanded the UGB in the North Gateway and S. 28th areas to meet large site employment needs. In 2019, the Land Conservation and Development Commission (“LCDC”) acknowledged the UGB expansion. In expanding the UGB, the City of Springfield did not update all the corresponding aspects of the plan. The City of Springfield has not planned the transportation system to serve these two areas, which are currently designated as Urban Holding Areas. Transportation planning for these areas will be part of this major TSP update.

Parking Regulations The City of Springfield adopted amendments to the City’s parking regulations to fulfill the revised TPR requirements. Changes to parking regulations to comply with the updated TPR went into effect on January 8, 2024 (Ordinance #6465). Street standards that address on-street parking requirements and design will be evaluated and amended as part of the street standards component of this major TSP update.

Central Lane Scenario Plan The Central Lane Metropolitan Policy Committee (“MPC”) amended the Central Lane Scenario Plan (‘CLSP’) on June 5, 2025 to comply with the scenario planning CFEC rules. The plan was appealed and the Land Conservation and Development Commission (“LCDC”) held a hearing at the April 2026 meeting.

Performance targets need to be set in the major TSP update for each reporting year for each performance measure from the CLSP. The TSP will also need to adopt pedestrian, bicycle, street and highway system investments that are consistent with the CLSP.

Climate-Friendly Areas In 2025, Springfield City Council chose to move the Glenwood Riverfront forward as a primary Climate-Friendly Area (“CFA”) and Downtown and Mohawk as secondary CFAs. The adoption of the CFAs is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, with the Glenwood Riverfront CFA requiring joint adoption with Lane County. The City of Springfield staff drafted multimodal transportation gap summaries for all three CFAs and ODOT staff provided draft Highway Impact Summaries for the CFAs for which they are required, Downtown and Glenwood. Full adoption is anticipated to be completed prior to the major TSP update starting.

Multimodal Inventories Springfield requested to be moved up to an earlier cohort for the multimodal inventory data collection in order to inform the existing conditions for the Springfield Active Transportation Plan. As of spring 2026, the consultants have completed the first draft of the inventory. The multimodal inventory data is expected to be complete prior to the major TSP update starting.

Springfield Active Transportation Plan (Walk and Roll Springfield) The Springfield Active Transportation Plan (Walk and Roll Springfield) will create a new Active Transportation Plan (“ATP”) for the City of Springfield to address critical gaps in the City’s active transportation infrastructure network, especially in CFAs. The City currently has an outdated 1998 Bicycle Plan and a limited number of bicycle and pedestrian projects and policies in the 2035 TSP. The ATP will replace the 1998 Bicycle Plan and supersede any conflicting projects in the 2035 TSP. The ATP is intended to comprise the bicycle and pedestrian system elements for the City of Springfield’s major TSP update.

The ATP will identify priority bicycle corridors and refine existing active transportation connections from the 1998 Bicycle Plan and 2035 Transportation System Plan that have not yet been constructed. It will produce an updated list of pedestrian and bicycle projects that includes sufficient detail for effective implementation and TPR compliance to ensure pedestrian and bicycle connectivity throughout Springfield.

The ATP is intended to fulfill the current transportation planning requirements for pedestrian and bicycle planning in the following Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs):

660-012-0500 Pedestrian System Planning, 660-012-0510 Pedestrian System Requirements, 660-012-0520 Pedestrian System Projects, 660-012-0600 Bicycle System Planning, 660-012-0610 Bicycle System Requirements, 660-012-0620 Bicycle System Projects, and 600-012-0630 Bicycle Parking.

The project is about to launch in spring 2026 and is anticipated to be completed by March of 2028.

Long-Range Transit Plan Lane Transit District (“LTD”) is launching a long-range transit plan project that will fulfill the transit planning requirements to comply with the Transportation Planning Rule. The major TSP update will incorporate relevant portions of the long-range transit plan to fulfill the transit element requirements.

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