Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • CRC Open House Question # 1

    Here’s the first question of twelve from the Columbia River Crossing project open house. We’ll bundle up all the responses for all the questions and forward them to the project staff to include in the public comment record. Do you agree with the staff recommendation for the bridge? Recommendation: Replace the existing bridge with a…

  • Report from the CRC Open House

    The first open house leading up to the DEIS (Draft Environment Impact Statement) options choice was held Saturday in Vancouver (an earlier event was canceled due to weather and will be rescheduled). There are two other open houses currently scheduled. Turnout seemed reasonably strong and as in other rounds, there was story-telling and activities for…

  • Burnside/Couch Couplet Moves to Deliberation

    Update: Randy Gragg has an article with the background and issues around this project in today’s O. Commissioner Adams will present the couplet plan to the Planning Commission Tuesday evening (January 23rd, 7pm, 1900 SW 4th Ave, 2nd floor, Room 2500A). Then City Council will consider funding for the first phase of engineering on February…

  • Future of the Calendar

    I’m happy to say that a couple of folks have signed on to maintain specific meeting sets on the calendar. I don’t think we’ve hit the point of sustainability yet, but it’s enough to keep the experiment going. We’re still looking for calendar maintainers. If you have a few free minutes, just e-mail me at…

  • Tram Vehicles: Jean and Walt

    From PDOT: Two months ago Commissioner Adams established a tram naming committee with an intention of personalizing Portland’s new skyline icon with names. The committee has completed its work and has decided to name the tram cars “Jean” and “Walt” respectively. Tram car “Jean” honors Jean Richardson, Oregon’s first female engineering graduate, from Oregon State…