Portland Transport

Category: Projects

  • Development Plan for an Alternative Columbia Crossing

    Will Macht is an Adjunct Professor in the College or Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University teaching courses in real estate development planning. The Urban Land Institute has published over 60 of his articles in Urban Land and in a book entitled “Remaking the Urban Waterfront”. Will has produced an opinion piece (PDF,…

  • September Columbia Crossing Meeting

    The next meeting of the Columbia River Crossing Task Force will be September 27 from 4-8pm at the WSDOT offices in Vancouver. Key agenda items will include: Preliminary Design Concepts – Part Two Report on Existing Interstate Bridge Report on US Coast Guard Hearing Full details available on the meeting materials page of the project…

  • Writer’s Block

    OK, maybe more like writer’s laziness. I’ve been asked to write an article for the next issue of the Coalition for a Livable Future newsletter on the RTP Update. I’m looking for suggestions or important decision issues for the Regional Transportation Plan to write about. Here’s the beginning of my list: How do we pay…

  • Bridge Gets its Own Web Site

    That’s right. The Sellwood Bridge now has its very own web site, courtesy of County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey.

  • Bridge Analogy

    Up in Vancouver, B.C. (where I will be for the next couple of days, with a group from Metro), Gordon Price is complaining that a proposed bridge will cause land use and transportation problems throughout the region that the proponents refuse to acknowledge or analyze. Gee, I can’t think of anything like that down here.