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Your Questions for Neil: The Quintet
If it is spring, it must be time for another round of Your Questions for Neil, the annual feature in which Portland Transport sits down with TriMet general manager Neil McFarlane for a chat on what interests PT readers. This year’s interview will be Wednesday, March 26. This time ’round, the Portland Opera has graciously…
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Metro: CRC Stays in Regional Transportation Plan
Metro staff reported to JPACT this morning (a meeting of local elected officials who pass judgement on regional transportation policy) that the Columbia River Crossing would remain in the version of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) being updated as we speak. The rationale is that the RTP designation is not for a specific project design…
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The (Almost) Ides of March Madness Open Thread
It’s mid-March! Which means that this weekend Caesar will be stabbed, brackets will be filled out, and the weather starts to look like spring. Recently, PT has been focusing on the Columbia River Crossing, but there has been plenty of other transit related news, good and bad of late. Two stories on TriMet ridership. Joseph…
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Life After the CRC, What Now?
The Columbia River Crossing in its current form is dead (maybe). What happens now? The 2015 Legislative Session has been touted to be the next opportunity for a big transportation package. What might that look like absent the CRC? Here are a few possibilities: An urban transportation agenda. Mayor Hales has suggested that perhaps now…
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ODOT Announces CRC Shutdown
Speaker Kotek threw in the towel and the legislature adjourned without passing funding. ODOT has announced the project office will shut down by May 31. But is the Zombridge really dead?