Portland Transport

Category: Projects

  • Updated: Purposefully Approaching Sellwood

    Update: 11/15/06 The Daily Journal of Commerce weighs in with coverage today. Original Post: 11/14/06 Whenever a project is going to have a Federal funding component, there is typically a two-tier governance structure for the project. A citizen/stakeholder committee will work through the details, making recommendations to a steering committee, which is composed of elected…

  • Planning Our Meeting

    Thanks for everyone who responded to the idea for a face-to-face meeting. I’ve gotten several potential dates from the Columbia River Crossing folks. Please take a quick survey about your preferences for a time and location, and we’ll get the ball rolling!

  • Winding Down the RTP Exercise

    I promised the Metro folks I would have our results in by the end of the week. So I’ve closed comments on the 6 original ‘outcomes’ posts so I can starting gathering them up. I’ll close the 6 ‘scenario’ posts tonight, so get any last thoughts added in today. Thanks everyone for participating in this…

  • Portland Transport Face to Face?

    I occassionally run into members of the Portland Transport community (those of you who read and comment) out in the real world at events like the recent Streetcar extension openning ceremonies. I enjoy these opportunities to put a face with an e-mail address or screen name. Which makes me wonder if it wouldn’t be fun…

  • RTP Exercise – Solutions – Free Market

    In the final question for our Free Market scenario, what are some of the solutions to achieve these outcomes: Organizational Leadership is increased for business and related transit oriented development. Overall subsidization of the transit systems (including roadways) decreases by at least 50% at the state levels and users provide more representative costs. Companies locate downtown…