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Should TriMet consider the MOS for Milwaukie MAX?
Should TriMet consider the MOS for Milwaukie MAX, particularly if funding from Clackamas County is no longer available?
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The power of urban demolition
Three areas where tearing down obsolete highways or viaducts could improve the urban environment.
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Community opposition and infrastructure projects
A major issue with large-scale infrastructure projects, such as highways or rail transit lines, is that frequently they face community opposition. Depending on which side of the fence one sits on a particular project, such opposition can either consist of heroic defenders of community values fighting valiantly against vested interests and the desctruction of their…
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LO Streetcar project “suspended”
Allan got here first in the the open thread, but The Oregonian is reporting that the Lake Oswego/Portland transit project has been “suspended”. Last night, the Lake Oswego city council indicated that they would not support the project, and Portland mayor Sam Adams announced this morning that the project was being suspended. Adams indicated that…
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January 2012 Open Thread
Happy New Year, everybody! In 2012, the Eastside Streetcar extension is scheduled to open, TriMet has a few difficult decisions to make, and construction on Milwaukie MAX continues. A few recent news items. Clackamas County voters may get to vote on a referendum to block the County’s contribution towards Milwaukie MAX Portland freeways may soon…