Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • CRC Design Updates

    From the latest Columbia River Crossing e-newsletter: What’s happening: CRC design updates Upstream bridge alignment removed from further study After careful study, the CRC project is removing the upstream alignment from additional active study because of its significant impacts to Fort Vancouver and its lengthier construction time compared to the other bridge alternatives. The upstream…

  • Warped Biofuels Policy?

    An article in Sunday’s O suggests that biofuels refineries are looking at Oregon sites due to a combination of favorable federal and state tax preferences. The result could be grain flowing into Oregon and fuel flowing back out. What kind of policy do we need to get a biofuels industry that uses local biomass to…

  • Reclaiming the Sidewalk

    Photo by Dan Anderson On Wednesday, City Council will consider (this is on regular agenda – not time certain, so probably sometime between 10:30 and noon) a plan to phase out storage of dumpsters on sidewalks (technically not allowed today, but not enforced). Here’s the full report (PDF, 186K).

  • REMINDER: Provide Input on Milwaukie LRT Stations

    From Metro: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Planning for light rail stations Light rail stations have the ability to transform their surroundings, as a catalyst for development and by offering more accessibility to existing neighborhoods. Communities that have stations become regional destinations for commerce and gathering places for local residents. How a station transforms a community…

  • And Speaking of Rail Freight…

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Zachary Horowitz, Columbia River Crossing Topic: Freight Railroad Capacity Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest: An Analysis of Class I Cooperation in the Columbia River Corridor When: Friday, October 12, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center