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Mall Discontent II
Update – the morning after: Former Mayor Vera Katz, who chaired the original steering committee that signed off the design is now suggesting that the new information needs a review, as reported in the Tribune. Whatever you think about the downtown Transit Mall plan, it’s pretty clear TriMet is out of favor with the Downtown…
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The Sunrise Corridor
In the 1980s, ODOT created a new list of highways that would be built to improve access statewide – Access Oregon Highways. One of these highways was to connect the Portland region to eastern Oregon via Mt. Hood: Sunrise Highway from I-205 to Hwy 26 via Damascus/Boring. This roadway is in the beginning phases of…
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Mall Discontent
The Portland Tribune is reporting this morning on continuing opposition to TriMet’s plan for Light Rail on the Transit Mall. While some of the opposition seems a bit cranky, there are also some serious names, Ron Buel and George Crandell, expressing significant concerns about unintended consequences on the downtown environment. The critics will present an…
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Where’s my Bus?
TriMet has released their proposed temporary bus relocation plan for the period during which the Transit Mall will be torn up during construction. Some buses will be relocated to Columbia/Jefferson (not clear from the map is that these buses will go up to Collins Circle and turn around). Some others will go to 3rd and…
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Now I’ve Heard Everything
As many of you know, I’m a big supporter of the idea of taking West Burnside from I-405 to NW 23rd down to 10-foot lanes (currently at 11 feet) to let the sidewalks expand to 10 feet from their current eight. The latest argument advanced by the opponents of this idea, mentioned at a recent…