Portland Transport

Category: Projects

  • Thursday Morning at the Matt and Paula Show

    Yesterday morning, I had the opportunity to sit in on the first half of the Portland Freight Advisory Committee meeting. As I previously reported, ODOT Director Matt Garrett and Washington Secretary of Transportation of Transportation Paula Hammond were the featured guests, discussing the Columbia River Crossing. The format was interesting, it felt a bit like…

  • CRC Lane Refresher

    I don’t think this is new, but it showed up recently in the RSS feed on Mayor Adams’ site (probably a link from a blog post), and I thought a refresher might be in order. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image, and understand where lanes get added as we move from the…

  • Merc Covers 8-lane CRC Discussion

    Sarah Mirk continues her excellent coverage of the Columbia River Crossing – the best of any of our mainstream media.

  • CRC Tolling Plan not “Stupid”, Merely “Myopic”

    Kudos to Sarah Mirk from the Mercury for reading the transcripts of the Columbia River Crossing Independent Review Panel. Nice to see some actual independence from the review panel! We can’t let the DOTs stay in charge of this effort…

  • Asking the Right Question About Burnside/Couch

    It would appear that the debate over the future of West Burnside and Couch is about to re-ignite. This will be round three. I participated in round one, back in the middle of the last decade, when I represented my neighborhood in NW Portland on the stakeholder committee. There was broad consensus during that process…