IBR Comment Form

The IBR project has been asked by advisory committee members to make public comments available in real-time, but has declined to do so. Just Crossing Alliance is providing a comment form that will both immediately submit comments to IBR and make them available in a viewable archive.

Also, unlike the IBR comment form, our form allows attachments.

If you don’t want your comment to be publicly viewable immediately (it will eventually be published in the Final EIS) we suggest you use the IBR comment page instead.

If you have multiple subjects to comment on, submit them in separate comments, one topic per comment.

Maximum one attachment per submission. If you want to submit multiple attachments, submit one comment for each.

Put your comments in your own words, we know that ‘form comments’ will be discounted.

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Our position papers

• Side-by-side Integration: Transit and the multi-use path should be next to each other, for seamless transfers and ease of use. Path users should have convenient access to transit elevators, especially at elevated stations.
• Noise and Safety: Positioning transit lanes as buffers between the multi-use path and vehicle lanes can reduce noise, debris, and enhance user safety.
• Better Connections:
  • Vancouver: The path should extend to Evergreen to prevent the need for using a 100-foot high spiral.
  • Portland: Add connections to the popular Vancouver/Williams corridor in addition to the planned Kenton/Denver Ave. link.

• Future-Proofing for Capacity:
  • Stations should be built to support four-car trains now to align with future downtown transit tunnel upgrades.
  • Plan for even higher capacity transit systems, such as multi-lane Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or heavy rail, beyond the 2045 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) horizon. We must ensure today’s infrastructure can adapt to tomorrow’s needs.
  • Induced Demand Consideration: Traffic modeling must realistically account for induced demand to ensure accurate projections for transit and road use.

• Tolling Equity: Implement a low-income toll discount program from the first day of pre-completion tolling. This will help prevent financial burdens on vulnerable communities.
• Equity Priority: Freeway impacts—such as noise and tolls—disproportionately affect historically marginalized communities. Addressing this requires focused, equitable solutions.

• Reliable Assessments: Current traffic modeling issues mean that health impact assessments (air quality, safety, etc.) are unreliable. A new, more realistic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) is needed.
• Health Concerns: Increased traffic under any scenario poses serious health risks and exacerbates negative outcomes for priority communities.

• Right-Sizing the Project:
  • The DSEIS does not provide sufficient justification for a second auxiliary lane. 
  • Prioritizing a streamlined project focused on bridge replacement, transit enhancements, and active transportation—without extensive freeway expansion—would be more beneficial and cost-effective.