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Balancing Regional Transportation Outcomes, Priorities, and Costs
An important component of Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan update is to plan for outcomes, not just develop a project list. Metro’s Discussion Draft 2035 RTP Update Work Program states: The clear desire is to move away from a plan that is a compilation of locally desired projects with an unfunded cost, to one that focuses…
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Columbia Crossing at PSU this Friday
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Topic: Columbia River Crossing Environmental Impact Statement Speakers: Doug Ficco, CRC Project Co-Director, Washington State Department of Transportation and Jay Lyman, Consultant Team PM, David Evans and Associates, Inc. When: Friday, May 19, 2006, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center (www.pdx.edu/map.html) * Most…
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Updated bus relocation plan unveiled
TriMet today unveiled an updated plan to relocate buses off the Portland Mall during construction of the Portland Mall Light Rail project. The project is part of the 8.3-mile I-205/Portland Mall Light Rail extension set to begin construction in mid-January 2007. After receiving hundreds of public comments and completing additional traffic analysis, TriMet updated its…
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Burnside Couplet Alternatives Defined to Dismay of SAC Members
Yesterday afternoon Commissioner Sam Adams (by speakerphone, from Washington, DC, where he was lobbying for transportation funds) convened the Burnside Stakeholders Advisory Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to review two alternative options to the couplet design that will be modeled for their traffic impacts. The first alternative is the “5-4-3” option, since it…
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Scenarios, Sensitivity and Resilience in Regional Planning
I started thinking about this post following the Regional Transportation Plan scoping workshop that occurred last week, which others have written about. But it really jelled for me yesterday after another workshop with Metro’s panel of economic advisers (engaged to help validate the models for the 20 year forecasts). During the breakout session for the…