Category: Projects

  • Updated: Open Letter to City Council on Barbur Boulevard

    Update 10/7/13: The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has an action alert urging folks to testify at City Council on Wednesday in support of the road diet. Original Post 10/4/13: My message today to City Council on the Barbur road diet: Mayor Hales and members of City Council, I’m writing to ask you to expedite consideration of…

  • C-Tran Reviews CRC Financing Plan

    This could be a critical meeting for the Columbia River Crossing since one of the requirements for the Federal application is identifying the source of operating funding for the Light Rail Component. The C-Tran board meets tomorrow night to review options for financing the operations. It’s unclear to me whether or not they will actually…

  • CRC Tolls Would Flood I-205 with Traffic

    According to an analysis by Joe Cortright, based on numbers obtained from the project via a public records request, reported in Willamette Week.

  • CRC Safety Stats Confuse Legislator

    Rep. Dennis Richardson is running for Governor, and has made his opposition to the Columbia River Crossing a wedge issue against the incumbent. But even in trying to make the case why some kind of bridge upgrade may be desirable he gets tripped up and caught by Politifact when trying to use the project’s confusing…

  • C-Tran Back to Work on CRC

    The Columbian is reporting that the C-Tran board of directors has directed their staff to go back to work on the Columbia River Crossing. This is important, because even in an “Oregon-only” CRC scenario somebody has to worry about the design for LRT stations in Vancouver, and C-Tran has to figure out how to shoulder…