Month: October 2007

  • Reclaiming the Sidewalk

    Photo by Dan Anderson On Wednesday, City Council will consider (this is on regular agenda – not time certain, so probably sometime between 10:30 and noon) a plan to phase out storage of dumpsters on sidewalks (technically not allowed today, but not enforced). Here’s the full report (PDF, 186K).

  • REMINDER: Provide Input on Milwaukie LRT Stations

    From Metro: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Planning for light rail stations Light rail stations have the ability to transform their surroundings, as a catalyst for development and by offering more accessibility to existing neighborhoods. Communities that have stations become regional destinations for commerce and gathering places for local residents. How a station transforms a community…

  • And Speaking of Rail Freight…

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Zachary Horowitz, Columbia River Crossing Topic: Freight Railroad Capacity Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest: An Analysis of Class I Cooperation in the Columbia River Corridor When: Friday, October 12, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • 1,131 More Trucks

    That’s how many more trucks per month will be required to sustain south coast timber company operations after the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad shuts down 120 miles of its line between Coquille and Eugene. Can someone remind me again of the logic of outsourcing highways to the private sector? Was the sterling example from…

  • Caruthers Revisited

    The proposed bridge for the Milwaukie Light Rail line, once commonly referred to as the Caruthers Crossing (after the street on the east side it would have aligned with) gets a thorough examination by Dylan Rivera in the Oregonian today. Development opportunities on both sides of the river are major considerations.