Via Planetizen: Over the next four years, we are likely to witness the greatest mass exodus of vehicles off America’s highways in history. By 2012, there should be some 10 million fewer vehicles on American roadways than there are today—a decline that dwarfs all previous adjustments including those during the two OPEC oil shocks (see…

Light Rail would extend as far as Clark College. The vote for the Columbia River Crossing Locally Preferred Alternative was unanimous.

It’s time to let Portland City Council know how YOU feel about the Columbia River Crossing proposal. Onward Oregon has an action page you can use to e-mail all members of Portland City Council (even if you favor the project you can use this page, you just have to tailor the message). Don’t delay!

Vote here.

Congestion, even with the CRC, will be worse in 2030 than it is today. And the bottleneck at the Rose Quarter will get worse. Of course, supporters will say that without the new bridge, congestion would be even worse in 2030. But that misses the key points: – We can’t build our way out of…