Month: August 2011

  • Always Read the Fine Print: CRC Edition

    Last week we mentioned that the Columbia River Crossing had lowered its cost estimate. Our correspondent Joe Cortright read the fine print on the document involved (the Cost Estimate Validation Report – PDF, 1M) and found a few interesting tidbits: Why do they put this out on a Friday afternoon, the slowest news period of…

  • My Favorite Apartment Rental Sign

  • CRC Updates

    Keeping you up-to-date on the latest goings on with the Columbia River Crossing: 1) The project team has issued a press release indicating they’ve shaved $100M from the cost estimated based on design refinements. The cost estimate is now $3.5B rather than $3.6B. I feel so much better… 2) Congressman Earl Blumenauer signed on to…

  • Revealing a Certain Modal Bias

    This announcement from the City has drawn some ire in active transportation circles: Green street construction will close bicycle lanes and sidewalks on NE 122nd Avenue between NE Fremont and NE Shaver. Construction starts tomorrow (Tuesday, August 23) and will last about ten weeks. The work will also close on-street parking spaces in the construction…

  • Speaking of Equity

    A couple of recent and very insightful reports on transportation equity: Brookings has analyzed transit access among households that don’t have access to cars and in some places it’s not very pretty (but maybe not so bad here). Another report (PDF, 361K) looks at some of the same data an analyzes it on a racial…