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The Edge Defines the Center
Does the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) affect our transportation system? You bet it does – how much we expand the UGB, and where, shapes growth within the boundary. And that drives demand for mobility in different parts of the region. Which makes City Limits: Walking Portland’s Boundary by David Oates an interesting read. It’s not…
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First Major Public Event in RTP Process
The “New Look” process, the update of both our regional land use plan and our Regional Transportation Plan, calls for a wide variety of public outreach methods. Included are three major “regional forums.” The first has been scheduled: New Look at Region Choices Regional Forum 2006 Save the Date 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday,…
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Envisioning Oregon
Last Saturday my partner and I headed down to Corvallis for the “Envision Oregon” meeting sponsored by 1000 Friends, CLF, the Bus Project and a host of other organizations. It’s the beginning of a process to re-vision what we want for our state and how our land use system can be structured to get us…
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Remembering Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006
All of us who think and care about urban form owe a huge debt to Jane Jacobs. The following is from the CLF newsletter: Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urban writer and activist who championed new, community-based approaches to planning for over 40 years. Her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities,…
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Seminar on Zoning and Transportation
We’ve discussed before the idea that zoning may be a cause of sprawl. This Friday the weekly PSU transportation seminar will focus in on the connections between zoning and transportation: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Topic: Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use…