Portland Transport

Month: January 2010

  • Linking Fuel Prices, Transportation, Land Use and Economic Activity

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Hongwei Dong, PhD Student, School of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU Topic: Linking Fuel Prices, Transportation, Land Use and Economic Activity: A Review of Empirical Findings When: Friday, Jan 15, 2010, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and…

  • Our Draft Candidate Questionnaire

    Thanks for all the input on the questionnaire for Metro President candidates. Here’s what I have synthesized it down to. Please review it and suggest: Any biases (other than those consistent with the point of view of the site) Any crucial issues missing Anything that could be removed to to make it more concise Better…

  • Multnomah County Wants Input on Its Capital Plan

    From the County: Multnomah County welcomes comments on its public review draft of the Transportation Capital Improvement Plan and Program (CIPP) for Fiscal Years 2010-2014. The purpose of the CIPP is to ensure limited public funds are invested in transportation projects providing the greatest public benefit. The CIPP is updated every five years. The CIPP…

  • CRC Fixer Hired

    The Tribune reports that ODOT has hired Hans Bernard to: “focus on building greater consensus on the design of the Columbia River Crossing, advance multimodal projects, and strengthen outreach and coordination with the business community in the Portland-Metro area.” In other words, to try to roll the environmental community?

  • Mark Your Calendars

    A plethora of events coming up! Tonight: (Jan 11) – Occasional Portland Transport contributor Greg Raisman is presenting on traffic calming “Lessons From Europe: A Look at Residential Streets” at 7pm at Southeast Uplift. Wedneday: (Jan 13) Co-Vice-Chairs Gail Achterman and John Van Landingham will be presenting the recommendations of the MPO GHG Task Force…