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TriMet Goes for Lowest Cost Bridge
As the Daily Journal of Commerce reports, because: “When you look at the two pictures (of the bridge designs), most people can’t tell the difference,” [TriMet spokesperson Mary] Fetsch said. That sounds like something an agency with no elected leadership would say. Sigh.
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What the Transit Rider’s Union SHOULD be Focusing On
The current murmur is that the Milwaukie Light Rail project is going to need about a $50M injection of capital funding (if anyone has a draft funding plan document, please share it) to complete the local match, which TriMet plans to provide by bonding future payroll tax revenue. Depending on Interest rates, that means something…
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TriMet Responds on Bridge Design
TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch e-mailed me a few minutes ago with the photos you see here (click on the photos to view full-size, the thumbnails don’t really do them justice) and the following statement: Chris: We have selected a bridge architect with more than 40 years experience working on signature bridges including cable-stayed , suspension…
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Total Lack of Bridge Imagination Continues to Plague Region
As if the box-girder Columbia River Crossing was not bad enough, Portland Architecture and several other blogs are reporting that TriMet will ignore the elegant modified cable-stay design by international designer Miguel Rosales in favor of a cheap and generic cable-stay alternative. Maybe while Fred is in Australia he can take a look at the…
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Bridge Model at City Hall
via the “Portland Spaces” magazine e-mail list: The Proposed Willamette River Crossing on View at City Hall The Architecture Foundation of Oregon, the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and Portland Spaces magazine invite the public to view a model of the first new Portland bridge over the Willamette River in over 35…