Portland Transport

Category: Community Outreach

  • A Plug for a Good Cause

    To a large degree, I try to allocate my charitable giving dollars in alignment with my policy advocacy. Which is why for each of the last two years, one of the bigger (tax-deductible) checks I’ve written has been to the Community Cycling Center. Right now they’re engaged in a campaign to fund their program to…

  • Calling All Wonks

    Scotty hit it in the open thread for this month, but I want to reinforce it – Metro is taking applications for three seats on TPAC – the “Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee”. As I suspect I’ve mentioned before, TPAC is one of the places where I got my education in transportation policy. Six citizens have…

  • SW Corridor public outreach

    For those interested in the SW corridor project, Metro now has a series of public events scheduled as part of the agency’s public outreach on the project. These events, scheduled during the months of September and October, include an open house, numerous presentations at various local farmers’ markets and other agricultural festivals, and a pair…

  • Metro is looking for a few good Republicans

    Metro looking for volunteers for its Opt-In panel, especially those who aren’t white college-educated Democrats living in Multnomah County.