PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland has selected Stantec to lead the development of Portland in Motion, a comprehensive long-range transportation plan intended to guide how people and goods move through the city over the next two decades.
The project will be led by Stantec’s Urban Mobility team in Boston, with local support from the firm’s Portland office.
City officials described the selection as a significant step toward developing a safer, more connected, and more sustainable mobility network for Portland residents, workers, businesses, and visitors. The plan is expected to create a citywide roadmap for transportation priorities over the next 20 years, with an emphasis on multimodal access, equity, climate resilience, and economic vitality.
Portland in Motion will build on several recent city planning and policy initiatives, including Portland’s Plan 2030, One Climate Future, ReCode, and the city’s work on Vision Zero and Complete Streets.
The effort is intended to provide a clear and actionable framework for future transportation decisions while advancing local priorities and preparing the city for long-term growth and changing transportation needs.
As part of the planning process, the city will conduct a public engagement effort that includes workshops, pop-up events, roundtables, and digital outreach. Officials said the goal is to gather input from residents across Portland as the city develops goals and priorities for its transportation system.
The final plan is expected to include prioritized recommendations, funding strategies, and an implementation framework designed to support a people-centered transportation system and improve long-term quality of life in Portland.
A kickoff public meeting for Portland in Motion is scheduled for June 11, where members of the public will have an opportunity to provide input on the city’s transportation goals and priorities. More information is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
What the heck you need transit for, you would have to be nuts to use it.
Should be a Cumberland County Plan. There are no words in any language that can describe Maine’s farcical over-government catastrophe.
Not sure why I am responding to folks who cannot even post their real names, but here goes.
billyjoebob, I am as conservative as it gets and I live in Portland. Portland is a city of diverse people with diverse needs. Transit is important factor to the smooth functioning of this and any city. It is also just one aspect to plan being drafted. I will let you in on a secret, I am involved in these efforts to help make sure they do not go to far to the left.
bobhickok Should be a Cumberland County Plan. We have an organization, The Greater Portland Council of Government who do regional planning and have their own comprehensive plan. This plan seeks to dive deeper that a regional plan would.
The failure you refer to is that our plan stops at the city line. We border two cities and one town. We need to work with the surrounding cities and towns so that what we develop does not abruptly end at the city line.
@ Steven Scharf, not sure why you responded either. Probably so you could see your name and let people know what a hero you are. After the transit system runs out of money and different names to use for the same rolling trash cans, you can at least say you tried.
A teacher was jailed after sleeping with a student. Now that teacher works with Maine’s most vulnerable in their homes.
Could be a story if you weren’t so busy patting yourself on the back.
This waste of money will be good for Stantec, I’m sure.
Disclaimer: I did not read this article. Headline only. Suggestion. Research California’s attempt at light rail transportation. Balance with Boston’s T. Chicago’s elevated is in there somewhere.