Category: Columbia Crossing

  • KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC

    Listen to the show (mp3, 27.7MB) Michelle, Tori and Steph talk with Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady. Economist Joe Cortright discusses the Columbia River Crossing.

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC

    This Wednesday at 11:00 am we’re interviewing Eileen Brady about her candidacy for Portland Mayor; then at 11:30 am we’ll talk with Joe Cortright, a Portland economist, about the Columbia River Crossing 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, January 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Oregonian on CRC: It’s for the Freight

    Apparently funding the Columbia River Crossing is high up on the Oregonian’s list of resolutions for the 2012. Their number one argument is freight and a linkage to jobs: No, the first reason we need a new bridge is to safeguard our own economic health and assure growth — and to create thousands of new…

  • USDOT approves CRC

    The US Department of Transportation has just issued a record of decision for the CRC. This represents the final regulatory hurdle for the project, meaning that the state DsOT can go forward with acquisition of land for the ROW and of construction. Of course, there’s still the matter of funding the thing…

  • Blue Oregon on the CRC

    One of the state’s leading Democratic/progressive blogs takes a few whacks at the Columbia River Crossing, in a piece written by former Bicycle Transportation Alliance director (and occasional Portland Transport commenter) Evan Manvel.