Month: January 2009

  • Extreme Parking

    Via Planetizen, 15 Creative, Innovative & Hilarious Parking Solutions from WebUrbanist.

  • From the CRC Front Lines

    I attended the joint Portland City Council/Metro Council work session on the Columbia River Crossing this morning. It was interesting to watch the two groups interact directly (something that has only happened once before, on the occasion that Portland sold the St. John’s landfill to Metro). The main topic was intended to be the number…

  • There is a fundamental fallacy…

    Rescued from obscurity on OregonLive. Ronald A. Buel is a Portland business executive and published writer on transportation. The Oregonian continues its campaign for the $4.2 billion Columbia River Crossing (CRC) with a January 18 editorial, and with a January 22 My Opinion piece by James L. Huffman. These two follow a column by Dave…

  • City Council Focus on CRC This Week

    Two City Council meetings focus on the Columbia River Crossing this week, both at City Hall in the Council Chambers: Monday, 10AM – Joint work session with the Metro Council: I. OPENING REMARKS BY MAYOR ADAMS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRAGDON II. COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING PRESENTATION • Review of two Council’s resolutions, progress report on what…

  • Learn to Live Car-Free

    From the Southeast Uplift online newsletter: Community Conversations Sunnyside-Centenary United Methodist Church 3520 SE Yamhill Tuesday, February 17 7 PM Transition Sunnyside is a project of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association’s Sustainability Committee to inspire a community-level conversation about how to begin shifting our patterns of living away from a heavy reliance on fossil fuels (oil,…