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Are Transfers Fair?
OPAL (Organizing People Activating Leaders) doesn’t think so. They’d like TriMet transfers to be extended to 3 hours (and after 7pm, until the end of service). They’re holding a rally on Monday: Kickoff your Campaign for a Fair Transfer Monday, February 21st 6:00 PM St Francis Parish 11th and SE Oak (Bus #70) Dinner, childcare…
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Happenings at the Federal Level
The word that the House Transportation Committee would hold a hearing in Vancouver, USA has a been floating out there for a couple of weeks, but the details have been mysterious. Well, now we know: 9-11AM on Monday 2/21 at the Vancouver PUD (1200 Fort Vancouver Way). Via BikePortland. The President’s transportation budget has folks…
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Port Funded CRC Advocacy Group
Sarah Mirk at the Merc is reporting that the Port of Portland provided $50K in funding to the business-centric “Columbia River Crossing Coalition” which advocates in support of the project. “Astroturfing” doesn’t quite describe this, we need a different word…
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On market urbanism, zoning, and freedom
An article on market urbanism, a movement of libertarian-thinking (or leaning) urbanists whose essential case is that suburban sprawl, and other inefficient land use forms, are in significant part the result of zoning codes, parking minimums, and other legal intrusions into the marketplace.