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TriMet to start bus service planning/outreach in SE and around Milwaukie MAX
Title says it all. TriMet is now starting its planning and public outreach activities in preparation of the opening of Portland-Milwaukie MAX next year, and is looking for public input, particularly on the question of how bus service should be reorganized around PMLR. A set of guidelines for the process can be found here. The…
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CRC Tolling Analysis Released
ODOT has released the investment-grade analysis of toll revenue for the Columbia River Crossing (PDF) and has concluded that the revenue is sufficient to fund the project (surprise) if tolling begins in 2016. We hope to have a critique from Joe Cortright shortly.
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NOW is the Time to Pay Attention to the SW Corridor
The “purpose and need” statement for the SW Corridor project is now out for review. This is perhaps one of the most critical documents in the history of the project. The purpose and need statement becomes the yardstick for all future decisions in the project. Arguably a flawed purpose and need statement is what allowed…
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Be Careful What You Wish For
The Columbia River Crossing took another PR hit this week, with the revelation that by not relying on Washington State to collect the bridge tolls, ODOT will need to invest north of $50M to create a sophisticated tolling system. Now not too many people are more anxious than I am to see that the CRC…
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Orange Line Sighting
Guest contributor David Brandt is a regular reader. Earlier this year there was discussion on this blog about how TriMet would designate and serve the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail line (see “TriMet Confirms That Orange Line Will Go Through Downtown After All, But Details Still Unclear, April 17, 2013″). A clue has recently appeared that…