I’ve been reading the Eddington report, a fascinating piece of research and advice to the government of the UK. I’ll be posting on it in more detail later in the week, but I can’t help highlighting one conclusion that seems very much on point for this afternoon’s decision: The risk is that transport policy can…

Jim Mayer’s article in the Sunday O (“Next I-5 chokepoint: $6 billion“) puts the choices nicely into perspective: The proposal from the task force staff boils down to a choice between committing the region’s energy, money and political will to a single megaproject — “Gargantua, the Bridge,” according to one critic — or doing nothing.…

Both the Tribune (“Money can be found for bridge“) and the Oregonian (“Build a bridge to better economy“) have editorialized that we should move ahead with the big bridge option. From the Trib: The economic value of reducing congestion on Interstate 5 between Portland and Vancouver is incalculable, but there will be environmental benefits as…

All Columbia River Crossing, all day. Leading up to tomorrow’s DEIS decision by the task force, let’s start with coverage and reaction to Metro’s hearing on the options: BikePortland.org Oregonian Tribune (web site only) Here at Portland Transport

I wasn’t able to stay to the end of the Metro hearing on the Columbia River Crossing yesterday because of two other prior commitments. While I was there, there was certainly a lot of testimony favoring more alternatives. I saw lots of Portland Transport contributors and commenters in the room. Can someone tell me what…