PORTAL provides a centralized, electronic database that facilitates the collection, archiving, and sharing of data and information for public agencies within the region. The data stored in PORTAL includes 20-second granularity loop detector data from freeways in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region, arterial signal data, travel time data, weather data, incident data, VAS/VMS message data, truck volumes, transit data, and arterial signal data. Many of these data feeds are received by PORTAL in real time or on a daily basis and for most, the retrieval and archiving process is fully automated.
PORTAL’s transportation data archive aims to support Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan, the production of regional performance measures, support for regional transportation agencies and their consultants, researchers, educators, and students.
In collaboration with our many partners, we also maintain a PORTAL Users Group (PUG) that meets online monthly. For more information about PUG and past presentations look to our PORTAL User Documentation. In these monthly meetings we:
PORTAL is currently supported by funding from Metro, the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC), and the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State. In addition, PORTAL has received funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).