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Not a Satellite
At MPAC last night we had a very interesting presentation. The mayors of Sandy and Estacada presented about what’s happening, particularly with growth, in their cities. At Metro we use to talk about cities like these (Canby, Newberg and St. Helens are other examples) as “satellite cities” since they were outside Metro’s UGB. Apparently this…
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Bug TriMet About Something Else
Enough already with the Transit Mall Stuff. TriMet is holding several open houses on its Transit Improvement Plan (TIP), essentially its capital investment plan. The open houses are: Wednesday, March 15th, 11-2 and 4-7 in the Portland Bldg (2nd floor) Tuesday, March 21st, 4-7pm at the Portland Adventist Academy (1500 SE 96th Avenue, Portland) Wednesday,…
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Mall Discontent II
Update – the morning after: Former Mayor Vera Katz, who chaired the original steering committee that signed off the design is now suggesting that the new information needs a review, as reported in the Tribune. Whatever you think about the downtown Transit Mall plan, it’s pretty clear TriMet is out of favor with the Downtown…
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Mall Discontent
The Portland Tribune is reporting this morning on continuing opposition to TriMet’s plan for Light Rail on the Transit Mall. While some of the opposition seems a bit cranky, there are also some serious names, Ron Buel and George Crandell, expressing significant concerns about unintended consequences on the downtown environment. The critics will present an…
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Where’s my Bus?
TriMet has released their proposed temporary bus relocation plan for the period during which the Transit Mall will be torn up during construction. Some buses will be relocated to Columbia/Jefferson (not clear from the map is that these buses will go up to Collins Circle and turn around). Some others will go to 3rd and…