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Columbia Crossing Options Narrowed
The Columbia Crossing is all over the front page of the Oregonian this morning following a four hour meeting of the Crossing Task Force last night. The task force narrowed the options under consideration. As Jill (a task force member) reports in a comment to her earlier post, a west side bypass to a third…
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Not a Satellite
At MPAC last night we had a very interesting presentation. The mayors of Sandy and Estacada presented about what’s happening, particularly with growth, in their cities. At Metro we use to talk about cities like these (Canby, Newberg and St. Helens are other examples) as “satellite cities” since they were outside Metro’s UGB. Apparently this…
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Portland Transport sends candidate questionnaire to Oregon Governor candidates
The following went out as an advisory to the press last night: Portland Transport sends candidate questionnaire to Oregon Governor candidates Portland Transport, a blog focusing on transportation policy in the Portland/Vancouver metro region, has issued a candidate questionnaire (attached) for the Oregon Governor’s race. “State policy has a huge effect on local transportation and…
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Damper on Light Rail to Clark County?
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Burnside’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame at PDC
Actually it’s 12 minutes. The separation of the east and west sides of the Burnside project continues next week when the Portland Development Commission takes up the issue at their March 22nd meeting. From 8:18 to 8:30am (who schedules these things to the minute?) the Commission will review a report concurring with the City Council…