Light Rail would extend as far as Clark College. The vote for the Columbia River Crossing Locally Preferred Alternative was unanimous.

It’s time to let Portland City Council know how YOU feel about the Columbia River Crossing proposal. Onward Oregon has an action page you can use to e-mail all members of Portland City Council (even if you favor the project you can use this page, you just have to tailor the message). Don’t delay!

Vote here.

Congestion, even with the CRC, will be worse in 2030 than it is today. And the bottleneck at the Rose Quarter will get worse. Of course, supporters will say that without the new bridge, congestion would be even worse in 2030. But that misses the key points: – We can’t build our way out of…

I couldn’t suppress a chuckle when reading the agenda (PDF, 32K) for the JPACT meeting coming up on Thursday. The committee will not only vote on the LPA and RTP amendment for the Columbia River Crossing, but they will also vote on an RTP amendment “to Reduce the ODOT Region 1 Modernization Program”. In transportation-speak,…