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Metro green-lights study of Powell/Division corridor, hints at broader BRT future.
At it’s recent Thursday meeting, the Metro board voted 7-0 to move forward with a study of the Powell/Division Transit Corridor. The corridor in question stretches from Portland State University out to Gresham, centered on SE Powell Boulevard and SE Division Street, ending around Mount Hood Community College. (A full-size pdf of the above map…
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Celebrating in SE
It would appear the Feds are about to open up the piggy bank for their share of the Portland-to-Milwaukie Light Rail line.
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CRC Short $900M (or is that $3.2B?)
The Oregonian outlines the negative outlook for the Oregon and Washington Legislatures providing the local match for the Columbia River Crossing in the face of declining driving (1.2 BILLON miles fewer driven in Oregon in 2010 less than in the peak year of 2002, despite rising population). Of course, it’s not as if the Federal…
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CRC: Frequently Repeated Lies
As an economist–someone who follows data and trends closely–and as a long time observer of the CRC public relations machine, I’ve become accustomed to the Orwellian spin that they frequently put on the facts. The latest sign of CRC’s continuing disconnect from reality is its effort to deny that higher gas prices and declining traffic…
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Our Occasional CRC Update
The Columbia River Crossing is the project that keeps on giving. Some recent developments and opinions: The Columbian reports that the City of Vancouver is blocking a C-Tran public vote on funding for light rail operations – continuing the trend of doing everything possible to avoid confronting actually paying for this bridge. Ethan Seltzer points…