Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday, May 29, 2015 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Astoria, Oregon Judge Guy Boyington Building 857 Commercial Street Astoria Oregon 97103 Conference Phone: [phone]

TO Statewide Meeting ~ A G E N D A

10:00 Welcome and introductions Elisabeth Pietila, Sunset Empire Transit District

Scott Turnoy, ODOT/TOGO

10:10 Promoting TO Program Successes Jeff Monson and Kim Curley, Commute Options

10:45 DLSM Individualized Marketing Programs Update Alta Planning + Design

Local Partners

11:30 Downtown Astoria and TO Tourism Nathan Crater, City of Astoria
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Oregon Passenger Rail Update Jennifer Sellers, ODOT
1:00 TO Plan Implementation update Scott Turnoy, ODOT
1:10 North by Northwest Connector Mary McArthur, Columbia-Pacific EDD
1:30 Roundtable: Sunday Street/Open Streets Stakeholders
2:00 Adjourn

Location of meeting:

Judge Guy Boyington Building

857 Commercial Street Astoria Oregon 97103

Free parking on Commercial Street and in lot next to building

Lodging Options:

Downtown Options

Hotel Elliot

www.hotelelliott.com

Gov rate $96.00 plus tax

The Commodore Hotel

www.commodoreastoria.com

Gov rate $89.00-139.00

Within 1 mile of the meeting facility

Holiday Inn Express

www.holidayinn.com

Gov rate $100.00 plus tax

IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS MAKE RESERVATIONS SOON. THE GOONIES 30^TH CELEBRATION IS THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 5^th.
Travel Information:
*Travel to Astoria on the Northwest Point Bus

$18.00 one way $36.00 round trip

Depart

Portland Greyhound 9:10am

Portland Amtrak 9:30am Arrive Astoria 11:40am
Depart

Astoria Transit Center 8:30am Arrival Portland 10:50am

Astoria Transit Center 6:00pm Arrival Portland 8:30pm
Driving Directions From Portland (Don’t forget to register your trip in Drive Less Connect)

Scenic Route: Take I-5 to Highway US-26 toward Beaverton follow signs for US-26 towards Seaside/Astoria. Go 73.5 miles. Merge onto US-101 Take US-101 North towards Seaside/Astoria for 19 miles. Take second exit onto W Marine Drive for 1.5 miles. Stay straight to go onto 8^th Street/US-30 E. into downtown. This route is about 2.25 hours from Portland. 

Freeway Route: From Portland take I-5 north towards Longview (29 miles) Take Exit #36, WA-432 West/Longview (WA-4) and exit towards Long Beach to Longview, Washington.

At Longview you will take the Lewis and Clark Bridge** (look for signs) to take you back into Oregon to Hwy 30 West. Time from Portland is about 1 hour 35 minutes.