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EmX Gateway Extension to open this Sunday
Gateway branch of Lane Transit District’s EmX system opens Sunday, Jan 9.
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One CRC Skeptic Leaving Metro Council, Could Be Replaced by Another
Metro Councilor Robert Liberty, a leading critic of the current plan for the Columbia River Crossing, has announced that he is resigning mid-month to become the first director of the University of Oregon’s new Sustainable Cities Initiative. Recent Metro President candidate Bob Stacey is a resident of Liberty’s district, and has announced that he will…
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$1.5 billion transportation project passes the FEIS milestone
The Sunrise Corridor’s FEIS has been approved. The price tag: $1.5 billion.
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Southwest Corridor project starting up, wins $2 million FTA grant
The next rapid transit corridor to be extensively studied in the Portland Metro area, what many in the media (including us) have been calling the “Barbur Boulevard” corridor, has a new (and more generic) name (The Southwest Corridor) and a $2 million grant from the FTA.
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TriMet board approves start of Milwaukie MAX construction
TriMet board votes to fund construction of first stage of MLR, and authorize bonding of payroll tax revenues to finance project