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DeFazio Clarifies Position on Tolls
Congressman DeFazio is quoted in yesterday’s Trib saying that he’s not opposed to tolls, nor is he opposed to public-private partnerships. He’s just opposed to deals that screw the public: DeFazio said his objections were with the structure of the Indiana deal, not tolls or public-private partnerships in general. Although MIG-Cintra paid Indiana $3.8 billion…
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Tram Preview Ride
Watching from inside where it’s warm Cable cross section Everything has rules Waiting at the bottom Down from the tower Coming in for a landing Touchdown Our friendly operator The control panel – although everything can also be controlled from the ground I-5 Barbur Blvd SoWa from above Downtown from the top This is what…
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Driving is Expensive
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Parking in Lieu of Fee
Maybe this is an answer to the question of what to do about parking minimums in neighborhood development. Over at the “Overhead Wire” blog, there’s a suggestion that developers be allowed to drop parking from their projects only by paying an ‘in lieu of’ fee that would help fund alternative transportation.
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Streetcar Charlie at PSU
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Charlie Hales, HDR, Inc. Topic: How Portland is Taking America Back to the Future – the National Streetcar Movement and the Changing Urban Landscape When: Friday, January 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center (www.pdx.edu/map.html) [Unfortunately, this is counterscheduled with the…