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Bureau of Planning Releases Burnside Couplet Critique
Today the Bureau of Planning released its response to the Burnside Couplet plan. Here are Gil Kelley’s cover letter and the analysis document. The top line: BOP thinks a couplet is not the way to go on the west side. I think the report actually raises some important issues, including the need for stronger planning…
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Business Journal Takes Up Burnside Couplet Issue
The Business Journal is running an online poll about the Burnside couplet proposal. No secret how we voted.
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Report on Burnside Town Hall
Commissioner Adams listens to Joe Zehnderfrom the Bureau of Planning Last night Commissioner Sam Adams hosted a town hall meeting on the Burnside Transportation and Urban Design Plan. Perhaps the first thing of note was the meeting and Sam’s style of running it. I don’t think either of the two previous Commissioners of Transportation would…
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Burnside Transportation and Urban Design Plan
Over at commissionersam.com the Commish is blogging about controversy over the Burnside Couplet plan. I urge readers to attend the Town Hall mentioned to learn more about the project and put your views on record. As neighborhood transportation chair in Northwest Portland I had the opportunity to participate in two year-plus-long planning processes around the…