Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Report from the First Ever

    About 10 hearty Portland Transport stalwarts braved rain and high winds to meet at Wynne’s last night. After about 30 minutes of socializing we heard a presentation from Jay Lyman, head of the consultant team for the Columbia River Cross (accompanied by Linda Mullen from the project’s communication team). Jay gamely fielded questions for almost…

  • Columbia Crossing Attitudes

    The Columbia Crossing project recently completed a round of focus groups with folks from both the Oregon and Washington sides of the river. It’s not on the project web site, but after hearing a summary at TPAC, I was able to obtain a copy of the focus group report and scan it (PDF 574K). Keeping…

  • $3.50 to Dundee

    Yesterday’s O covers the report from Macquarie Infrastructure Group on finances for the Newberg-Dundee Bypass. The core package would require $3.50 tolls on both the bypass and 99W, plus an up-front investment of $150M by the State. Local residents would get a discount, paying $1.00 to use the bypass (the article does not explicitly say,…

  • Business Perspective on Burnside/Couch

    The Daily Journal of Commerce had a piece on business opposition to the couplet a few days ago. It contained an interesting contrast: Gerding/Edlen reiterated its opposition, while Greg Goodman indicated his support. The interesting part is that Gerding is partnering with Goodman on a new tower next to Jake’s, just off Burnside. Hmmm…

  • First Ever Portland Transport Real World Event Tomorrow

    A reminder that we’ll gather tomorrow night (Thursday, December 14th) from 6-8pm at Wynne’s, 2002 SE Division St. for the first ever face-to-face meeting of the Portland Transport Commuity. The location is just across the street from the New Seasons market on Division. Here’s a Google Maps link. The program for the evening will include…