Governments and Other Public Agencies

Partially updated January 26, 2008

Washington County

Oregon

Metro

The United States

Cities in Washington County

Washington County

GENERAL

Home Page
Acronyms and Abbreviations, A list of acronyms used by the Department of Land Use and Transportation.

MAPS

County's map page. InterMap is particularly useful. You can see maps with a variety of information including streets, tax lots, contours, aerial photos, etc. singly or in combination.
The map gallery has maps showing specific information such as legislative districts and the urban growth boundary.
2006 county map on ODOT's site
More State Maps. Links to many maps--state, regions, counties, cities

LAWS, BUREAUCRATS, COMMISSIONERS

County Code, There are separate links to each title of the code. Roads are in Title 15, Chapter 8. There is also a disposition table of resolutions and orders showing the code number of each resolution or order that was passed.
Development Code, Links to PDF and Word versions of the code and to the land use ordinances. Bicycle parking requirements are in Chapter 429 of the code.
MSTIP Bike and Pedestrian Program Guidelines, Some of the Major Streets and Transportation Improvement Project (MSTIP) money has been designated for bicycle and pedestrian projects. These are the guidelines for choosing projects.

THE 2020 TRANSPORTATION PLAN

2020 Transportation Plan
Technical Appendix to the 2020 Transportation Plan
2020 Transportation Plan, (Large [13.8Mb, 140 pages] PDF) The electronic version of the bound volume, which is available for $16 from the county. Contains the text of the ordinance plus introductory material. Go to this site for more information.
The 2020 Transportation Plan, (Small HTML) Ordinance 588. This is the version as passed, with the underscores and strikeouts indicating new and deleted text, but it downloads much faster than the final, PDF. Has a table of contents with separate links to each part of the plan and a single link to the whole plan The bicycle element is in exhibit 17.
Bicycle Element, Direct link to Exhibit 17, the bicycle element.
Appendix C-8, Washington County Bicycle System Needs Analysis, Includes a gap analysis of bike facilities and cost estimates of interim bikeway improvements.
Administrative Personnel, List of people in the County Administrative Office (CAO). The CAO assists the Board of Commissioners in providing policies for county programs and works with department directors to ensure that they properly apply county policy.
Land Use and Transportation Department, Home Page. Links to more useful information than I can describe here.
Board of Commissioners and Agendas, Has a map showing rough outlines of commissioners districts. Has links to information about the commissioners and to the agendas and minutes of meetings.

KEEPING UP-TO-DATE WITH COUNTY AFFAIRS

Board of Commissioners Agendas and Minutes, Links to the agendas and minutes of meetings. The Board meets the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 10:00 AM and the 4th Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
Planning Commission Schedule, This has the schedule of meetings and has links to the agendas of each meeting. Meetings normally the first Wednesday of the month at 1:30 and the third Wednesday at 7:30pm.
Previous years' agendas and minutes
Land Use Ordinances, Links to each year's land use ordinances.
Citizen Participation Organizations, Boundaries of the county's 16 "neighborhoods" and schedule of the CPO meetings.
CPO Newsletters, Links to each CPO's newsletter.
Weekly Roadwork News, A weekly update of road projects under construction.
"Updates," A quarterly newsletter from the Department of Land Use and Transportation.
Capital Transportation Projects, Links to all capital projects at any stage, from early planning to currently under construction.
Maintenance and Paving, List of roads scheduled for maintenance. You can search for a particular road or reduce the list to just one type of maintenance, e.g. chip seal, brush cutting, striping, thermo stencils, neighborhood street, etc.

PARTICIPATING IN COUNTY AFFAIRS

Volunteers, A list of opportunities to volunteer at the county.
Boards and Commissions, List and descriptions of citizen advisory boards and commissions and application for membership.
Citizen Participation Organizations, Information on the CPO's. A map of the boundaries and information about where and when each CPO meets. Links to the newsletters.
CPO Newsletters, Links to each CPO's newsletter.

Oregon

Home Page
Blue Book
Maps

ODOT

ODOT Home Page
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
1995 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, Online version of the manual of the standards recommended for use by local jurisdictions in Oregon. (A revision has been expected "soon" for at least three years.)
Oregon Transportation Commission, Commission responsible for transportation policy
2008-2011 STIP Homepage, Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
STIP Users' Guide,
Project Delivery Guidebook, How projects get built
OTIA Oregon Transportation Investment Act
Trip Check

DMV

Home Page

Online versions of the manuals that are available at any DMV office.

Driver Manual
Bicyclist Manual
Motorcycle and Moped Manual
CDL Manual

Vehicle Code Book, A compilation of Oregon vehicle statutes
"Non-motorized Devices," Table with descriptions of "non-motorized" "devices." It was compiled by Washington County, and it shows the licensing requirements and the driver and road restrictions.

STATUTES AND RULES

Statutes by number, Use this link if you know the section number of the statute you want to read
Statute search by term, Use this link to look up statutes by searching for particular words or phrases. From here, you can also search annotations, current and old bills, and the constitution.
Administrative Rules, This is the basic administrative rules page with links to search by rule number, term, or by agency
Department of Land Conservation and Development Transportation Planning Division of Land Conservation and Development Department
Annotations by statute number, Use this to look for summaries of court cases. Find out how judges interpret laws.
Constitution. Has links to a complete PDF version and to HTML versions of each article

Legislature

Home Page

People

Committees, Links to information about committees--members, agendas, audio files, how to testify, etc. Be careful about the links from this page. This early in the season some of the linked pages still have information from the 2005 session.
Find your legislator. Type in your address to find out who your state and federal representatives and senators are
E-mail your legislator, Send e-mail directly from this online form
"Citizen's Guide to the Oregon Legislative Process."

Bills

Legislative Measures. This page has links to a lot of useful information--what will be voted on that day (listed as "third readings"), tables of laws that would be affected by current bills, tables of bills that have passed, etc.
Committee agendas, Daily agendas for all senate and house committees. Click through to the committee you want to see, or click on "View Index" at the top left to see a list of bills that are scheduled for committee action.
House Bill History, Bill order list of all action taken so far on house bills. Updated daily
Senate Bill History, Bill order list of all action taken so far on senate bills. Updated daily

Search Current Bills

By topic (This is from 2005. I haven't found the 2007 site yet.)
By term or phrase
By bill number

Metro

Home Page
Transportation
JPACT, Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation
RTP, Regional Transportation Plan
Transportation Projects

The United States

Home Page
Statutes
Code of Federal Regulations, as published quarterly
Code of Federal Regulations Beta, beta version of text updated daily
DOT Home Page
FHWA (Federal Highway Administration)
NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

Cities in Washington County

Cities Wholly Within Washington County

Banks
Beaverton
Cornelius
Durham
Forest Grove
Gaston
Hillsboro
King City
North Plains
Sherwood
Tigard
Tualatin

Cities Partially in Washington County

Lake Oswego
Portland
Rivergrove (No official website)
Wilsonville

State Cities List in Oregon Blue Book

TVCTV and MACC

TVCTV Home
MACC Meetings
MACC

THPRD

Home
Park District Map
Local Trail Maps

TriMet

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TriMet Code
Two-Wheeled Mobility Device This rule may allow persons who have difficulty walking, but who can ride a bicycle, to be certified to take their bicycles on buses. Before the August 25, 2006 revision, it did not mention any specific type of vehicle. It used the term "two-wheeled mobility device" throughout. Before the revision, at least one person's bicycle was designated a "two-wheeled mobility device, and he obtained a blue, wheelchair icon sticker for it. The rule was revised August 25, 2006, possibly in an attempt to exclude bicycles.