Tolls and financing are on the agenda when the Columbia River Crossing Sponsors Council meets on Friday: VANCOUVER – The Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council will discuss project financing and tolling, and the number of structures for the replacement I-5 bridge when it meets Friday, June 5. The agenda includes an update on project…

Via the Mercury Blogtown. Are 12-lane Columbia River Crossing supporters finally admitting that their ambitions are unrealistic? An interview in the Columbian with Don Wagner may be the first signal: “Just like most of us in the real world, we dream about the car we want,” Wagner said in a wide-ranging interview last week. “And…

If we can’t stop ’em in the real world, we’ll out flank them in the virtual world! A self-described “animator turned-urban-planning grad student” has created a nice description of induced demand illustrated in Google Earth (you’ll need version 5.0): http://www.bikefuel.com/CRCTour/ColumbiaRiverCrossing.kmz Anyone up for an anti-CRC rally in Second Life?

Regular commenter Ron Swaren sends along this alternate concept for the Columbia River Crossing: The concept of a new Interstate Bridge in the Burlington Northern/AMTRAK corridor has been widely discussed both in Vancouver, WA political circles and in Portland, as an alternative to the Columbia River Crossing project. The idea was discussed, briefly, as the…

Hey, I’m participating in a Bus Project/1000 Friends event on Thursday, highlighting better things we could do for the same price as the Columbia River Crossing. I hope I’ll see some friendly Portland Transport faces there! Brewhaha and CRC Letter-Writing at Roots on May 7 Brewhaha! Let’s Make a Deal, Portland! Roots Organic Brewery, 1520…