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Much Ado About the RTP
I must say, the update of the Regional Transportation Plan is turning into quite the little contretemps. A few weeks back the Federal Highway Administration made it clear they thought Metro was departing planet earth. Now apparently, it’s ODOT’s turn. As reported in the Tribune (scroll to the lower part of the piece) ODOT distributed…
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Playing Politics with Burnside
Yesterday the Oregonian, not content to take on the Burnside/Couch project on its merits, attempted to conflate it with the current electoral debate about Portland’s form of government. I’ve published my rebuttal over at Blue Oregon in the more political context over there.
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Extrapolating from a 12-lane Columbia Crossing
“Three through lanes” (in each direction) is the mantra of the Columbia River Crossing project and the I-5 partnership. But if we need a reminder that the appetite for lanes is insatiable, look no further than yesterday’s USA Today for a roll call of the mega-projects. Phoenix is sure that if they can just take…
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Planning Commission Disses the Couplet
Because I was at the CRC task force last night, I missed the Planning Commission work session on the Burnside/Couch couplet, but here’s the update I got from a fellow neighborhood activist: The motion made by Don Hanson and carried in a 3-1 vote (and 1 abstention) made the following recommendations to: not move forward…
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Rex in a Box?
A mildly positive outcome from last night’s Columbia River Crossing task force meeting. After about an hour of testimony, almost all of it from advocates for more options going into the DEIS process, the task force got down to the real business – deciding whether to add a fourth option to the alternatives. Rex Burkholder…