Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • What if the CRC Thought REALLY Big?

    A reader passes along this suggestion that we could emulate Turkey and build a tunnel all the way under downtown Portland into Vancouver.

  • The $100K Pin to Prick a $100M Balloon

    It may be the best $100,000 the City of Portland has ever spent. Mayor Adams commissioned URS to take a second look at the Columbia River Crossing project data. There full report is due imminently (I’m trying to get an electronic copy) but a summary memo has been circulating for the last week or so…

  • How Does Tim Levitt Really Feel About Tolls on the CRC?

    Hard to tell from this TV performance (via the Oregonian commuter blog) from the Vancouver Mayor. I think he opposes them but believes they are inevitable, and after he loses the fight, it won’t be his fault that someone else votes them in. Apparently that passes for leadership on this sorry project.

  • Thursday Morning at the Matt and Paula Show

    Yesterday morning, I had the opportunity to sit in on the first half of the Portland Freight Advisory Committee meeting. As I previously reported, ODOT Director Matt Garrett and Washington Secretary of Transportation of Transportation Paula Hammond were the featured guests, discussing the Columbia River Crossing. The format was interesting, it felt a bit like…

  • End to a Positive Trend?

    Sightline reports that per-capita gasoline usage in the Northwest is seeing an uptick after nearly a decade of decline.