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Rent Out Your Driveway?
I had heard about this last year when I was in San Francisco for Transportation Camp, but apparently it’s coming to Portland now. I actually suspect in many cases this would be a zoning violation, as it would be classified as commercial parking, which is generally disallowed in residential zones. But I can’t imagine how…
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Where the PBOT Budget is Headed?
A pseudonymous reader passed along these two draft PBOT budget documents: a ranking of PBOT programs by senior staff (PDF, 30K) and a text description of potential cut packages (PDF, 63K). Meanwhile the Oregionian is reporting on the possibility of a five-year moratorium on major repaving projects.
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KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.7MB) Michelle, Tori and Steph talk with Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady. Economist Joe Cortright discusses the Columbia River Crossing.
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC
This Wednesday at 11:00 am we’re interviewing Eileen Brady about her candidacy for Portland Mayor; then at 11:30 am we’ll talk with Joe Cortright, a Portland economist, about the Columbia River Crossing 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, January 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Oregonian on CRC: It’s for the Freight
Apparently funding the Columbia River Crossing is high up on the Oregonian’s list of resolutions for the 2012. Their number one argument is freight and a linkage to jobs: No, the first reason we need a new bridge is to safeguard our own economic health and assure growth — and to create thousands of new…