Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Barbur Concept Plan Gets a Web Site

    http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/barbur Also, the project is soliciting members for a Community Working Group.

  • Metro Getting Ready to Wash its Hands of the CRC

    Even as the financial plan for the Columbia River Crossing is being demonstrated to be a piece of swiss cheese, Metro is getting ready to give it’s final major approval. The so-call LUFO (Land Use Final Order) is Metro’s sign-off to the land-use impacts of the project, and Metro is the sole deciding agency under…

  • Digging into the Treasurer’s CRC Report

    Last week we noted that Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler agreed with the Washington State Treasurer that the toll revenue projections for the CRC were unrealistic. Let’s dig a little deeper into the report (PDF, 695K), as there are quite a few salient points: Traffic projections in the 2008 DEIS are based on a 2002…

  • Transit Appliance at the Convention Center

    I’ll be speaking about the Transit Appliance project this week at OSCON, the national Open Source Convention in our very own Oregon Convention Center. If you happen to be going to the show, please drop in for my talk on Wednesday (July 27) at 11:30am in room F150!

  • Third Bridge Now Group Hosting CRC Events

    Under the banner of “Alternative River Crossings” (ARC) the Third Bridge Now advocacy group is hosting two upcoming events to discuss alternatives to the current Columbia River Crossing design. Both events are at the Clark County Service Building, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver: July 29th 5:30-7pm Open house and chat with elected officials July 30th 10am-8pm…