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CRC and Land Use
One of the persistent questions being asked about the Columbia River Crossing project is whether it won’t exacerbate the jobs-housing imbalance between the two sides of the river. Staff’s answer is that it won’t, and that this was validated with a modeling run in Metro’s Metroscope tool. I’ve asked staff for a copy of the…
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Tram Preview Ride
Watching from inside where it’s warm Cable cross section Everything has rules Waiting at the bottom Down from the tower Coming in for a landing Touchdown Our friendly operator The control panel – although everything can also be controlled from the ground I-5 Barbur Blvd SoWa from above Downtown from the top This is what…
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Tram Anticipation, and Fares
I’m excited. Along with my fellow members of the Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee, I’m going to get a ‘preview’ ride on the OHSU Tram this week. Look for pictures here afterwards. Meanwhile, over at Commissioner Sam, there’s a question about whether the Tram fare should be seamlessly part of the TriMet/Streetcar pricing and transfer system,…
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CRC to Heal Vancouver?
In today’s Daily Journal of Commerce, Mayor Royce Pollard of Vancouver is quoted as hoping that based on the ramp design and possibly capping portions of I-5, he’s hoping the CRC will help heal Vancouver’s downtown. “The concern for me and the community is that we have an opportunity to heal and reconstruct what was…
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Not Your Father’s RTP … or … Losing LOS
A few months ago I asked JPACT chair Rex Burkholder “I understand the idea behind an outcomes-based RTP process, but when is the process going to feel different?” As of this week’s TPAC workshop reviewing the draft of Chapter 1 (goals, objectives, policies) [PDF, 887K] it definitely feels different. From the intro memo, here are…