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You’re Invited to the First Oregon Bike Summit
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Volunteers sought for Sellwood Bridge task force
This recently came across the transom from Multnomah County: Multnomah County is seeking volunteers to serve on a Community Task Force to provide important input during planning for the Sellwood Bridge Project. The 80-year-old bridge has serious structural and design problems that require a long-term solution. The purpose of the project, which begins this spring,…
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Oil Distributors Appeal Oregon Apollo Ballot Title
A few weeks ago, we reported on Oregon Apollo, a ballot initiative on a program for biofuels and energy independence. I just received an alert from the campaign that a group of Oil distributors have appealed the ballot title assigned by the Attorney General’s office: On the legal front, two oil industry trade groups requested…
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Trib Focused on Steel Bridge
This morning’s episode in the Tribune’s ongoing coverage of the Transit Mall Light Rail plan focuses on issues with the Steel Bridge, both in terms of operational capacity as well as maintenance issues with the aging bridge. Of course, here at Portland Transport, we’ve been discussing the bridge for weeks.
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Report from the Bi-State Forum
I attended the Bi-State Metropolitan Forum (subtitled: Building a Healthy Economy for Oregon and Washington) yesterday. We were addressed by Mayor Potter of Portland and Mayor Pollard of Vancouver, and both Governors, as well as Metro President David Bragdon and an economic development expert from Rhode Island. The Columbia River Crossing was a recurrent transportation…