Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Metro Pares HCT Study Corridors

    Click map for full-size version The Metro Council recently adopted a list of High Capacity Transit corridors meriting further study in developing the new regional high capacity transit plan: Metro Council advances 15 priority areas for possible transit investments Corridors chosen will help improve region’s communities by increasing transportation options The Metro Council voted today…

  • Hot, Flat, Crowded and Free

    Tom Friedman, author of Hot, Flat and Crowded will be giving a free lecture at PSU on March 9th, sponsored by Ecotrust and a host of other organizations. Details here.

  • Transit Trimmed in Final Stimulus Deal

    The dollars allocated by the House to the New Starts program got dropped in conference committee. The Transport Politic blog has a full comparison. On the upside, high-speed rail got $8B.

  • ODOT Gets Ready for $350M in Stimulus

    For roads and bridges, as reported in the Daily Journal of Commerce. Based on earlier info presented to TPAC/JPACT, the local impact in our region would be about $33M, split like so: Clackamas Co. and cities $5.8 Million Washington Co. and cities $11.5 Million East Multnomah Co. and cities $2.9 Million Portland $12.8 Million

  • The End of Sprawl as We Know it?

    Obama on the road: It’s imagining new transportation systems. I’d like to see high speed rail where it can be constructed. I would like for us to invest in mass transit because potentially that’s energy efficient. And I think people are a lot more open now to thinking regionally… The days where we’re just building…