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Show Time for the CRC at Metro
This is going to be a big week for the Columbia River Crossing. Thursday at its 2pm regular meeting the Metro Council will vote on a resolution signing off that the project has met the conditions adopted by the Council in its approval of the Locally Preferred Alternative. To many of us, it seems manifestly…
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Beginning of the Month CRC Update
Updated: And a little more going on… Willamette Week’s Nigel Jaquiss has a cover story “A Bridge Too False” taking apart the main arguments for the Columbia River Crossing project. Original Post: Lots going on… The good folks at the Sightline Institute want to know where the cars are, noting that traffic growth on the…
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Faster Cars = Better Air Quality?
One of the fundamental “claims” of the Columbia River Crossing is that by reducing backed up traffic, air quality will improve. This week’s PSU seminar tackles whether that assumption in transportation projects holds true. Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Alex Bigazzi, Portland State University Topic: Can Congestion…
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Time to reboot the Sellwood Bridge?
A re-evaluation of the whole Sellwood Bridge project, in light of the recent funding defeat in Clackamas County
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Public projects, political capital, and the sunk cost fallacy
How the sunk cost fallacy, particularly applied to political capital, can cause public officials to insist on the timely completion of dubious projects.