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  • Development Plan for an Alternative Columbia Crossing

    Will Macht is an Adjunct Professor in the College or Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University teaching courses in real estate development planning. The Urban Land Institute has published over 60 of his articles in Urban Land and in a book entitled “Remaking the Urban Waterfront”. Will has produced an opinion piece (PDF,…

  • The Missing Link – A stroll along the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor

    When not consulting or teaching computer classes, MJ Coe spends his time as a board member of the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association, as President of Portland Progressive Toastmasters, and as a member of the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor Steering Committee. Travel down the I-84 corridor/Banfield Highway between the Convention Center and Gateway during rush hour, and what…

  • A Biodesiel Enthusiast

    PDXBiodiesel is a biodiesel enthusiast / advocate who has been using biodiesel in two late model vehicles for more than 60,000 combined miles. He is a web developer and has lived in Portland since 1998 and enjoys being active in the community, and its online presence. Portland has been a hotbed of biodiesel activism, and…

  • Too Fast

    Meeky passes on a link to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (unfortunately it requires a login) about states raising speed limits to as high as 80 mph. Here’s a partial sample: States around the country, including Texas and Michigan, have recently increased speed limits on hundreds of miles of interstate highways and freeways.…

  • An Economist Looks at the Cost of Congestion

    We had a robust discussion here several months ago about the Cost of Congestion report. Now, local economist Joe Cortright has penciled out his perspective. Joe is perhaps best known for his The Young and the Restless report looking at what influences young, highly educated workers in the choice of cities and regions to live…