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City Club Report on Transportation Governance Due Thursday
A City Club of Portland research committee has been looking at transportation governance in our region for the last year or so, and they are scheduled to release their report this Thursday, February 25 (look here on Thursday). I had the privilege of helping brief the committee at the outset of their work on how…
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TheBus: The Legacy of Uncle Frank
This guest post is from a reader who comments regularly under the name “Engineer Scotty” Last week, a good friend of mine who hails from Hawaii but now lives in the Portland area, posted a message on her Facebook page stating simply, “RIP Uncle Frank”. At first, I thought it was a eulogy for a…
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Transportation in the State of the City
In Friday’s State of the City address, Mayor Adams outlined several interesting ideas for transporation: A Streetcar in Lents Portland was a streetcar city and it shall return to being a streetcar city. And by “city,” I mean citywide. The Mayor showed a visual simulation of a streetcar on Foster, and the development it would…
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Our Draft Candidate Questionnaire
Thanks for all the input on the questionnaire for Metro President candidates. Here’s what I have synthesized it down to. Please review it and suggest: Any biases (other than those consistent with the point of view of the site) Any crucial issues missing Anything that could be removed to to make it more concise Better…
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Looking Ahead: Leadership in 2010
2010 brings an election for a new Metro President – current President David Bragdon is term-limited. Three very serious candidates are in the hunt for the May primary: Councilor Rex Burkholder – a 10-year Metro veteran and former chair of JPACT. Previously he founded the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Bob Stacey – most recently Executive Director…