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Open Thread for the Week of 9/22/13
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CRC Safety Stats Confuse Legislator
Rep. Dennis Richardson is running for Governor, and has made his opposition to the Columbia River Crossing a wedge issue against the incumbent. But even in trying to make the case why some kind of bridge upgrade may be desirable he gets tripped up and caught by Politifact when trying to use the project’s confusing…
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Not Sure Why We Don’t Hear More About This
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Open Thread for the Week of 9/15/13
A few tidbits to start the conversation: Today’s Oregonian front page headline story is an analysis by Joe Rose of how we can have less driving (starting in 2004, well before the recession) while still having congestion. Sightline has picked up on it. Frequent commenter Adron “Transit Sleuth” Hall is starting a video series entitled…
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C-Tran Back to Work on CRC
The Columbian is reporting that the C-Tran board of directors has directed their staff to go back to work on the Columbia River Crossing. This is important, because even in an “Oregon-only” CRC scenario somebody has to worry about the design for LRT stations in Vancouver, and C-Tran has to figure out how to shoulder…