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Bragdon on CRC
A “personal statement” from Metro President David Bragdon about the current state of Columbia River Crossing discussions popped up on Metro’s web site today. Included in the statement: We can’t afford that version, and it wouldn’t work anyway: the jumbo proposal has no realistic financing, loses public support the more people learn about it, and…
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Making the Connection Between Streets and Health
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CRC on the Ropes?
In an interview with the Trib, Peter DeFazio has again insisted that the Columbia RIver Crossing get smaller and less expensive. Meanwhile Coalition for a Livable Future has issued an action alert asking folks to comment on the Regional Transportation Plan, asking Metro to balance the plan more strongly toward walking, biking and transit, including…
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Buying a Lottery Ticket for the “Innovation Quadrant”
If you haven’t heard of it, the Innovation Quadrant is the latest name for the area covering PSU, OHSU and OMSI. More to the point, it includes three projects that will help ‘close’ the Streetcar Loop after the new bridge is completed: Create a new double-track connection through the re-developed Jasmine block adjacent to the…
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Would You Like Some Streetcar with Your Greens?
The Environmental Impact Statement process for the Willamette Shoreline corridor is ramping up and a set of of community events have been scheduled … at markets: 2:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 Lake Oswego Albertsons, 11 S. State St. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 Lake Oswego Farmers’ Market, 200 First St.…