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Trib Fires Back on Congestion
A number of contributors, including guest contributor and economist Joe Cortright, have questioned the assumptions of the Cost of Congestion study. Today the Portland Tribune editorializes in response to Cortright, and calls for the federal government to name Portland a priority transportation corridor for the economy.
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An Economist Looks at the Cost of Congestion
We had a robust discussion here several months ago about the Cost of Congestion report. Now, local economist Joe Cortright has penciled out his perspective. Joe is perhaps best known for his The Young and the Restless report looking at what influences young, highly educated workers in the choice of cities and regions to live…
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The Perils of Outsourcing
While serving on the PDOT budget advisory committee, I heard strong suggestions that PDOT could be more efficient by outsourcing some of its functions to the private sector. Well, ODOT went that way at the beginning of the decade, and Jim Mayer reports on an audit of the results in yesterday’s Oregonian. The conclusion: ODOT…
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Cost of Congestion Program
You can download an MP3 (20.5M) of last Friday’s City Club program on the Cost of Congestion Report, including the first question from yours truly.
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Cost of Congestion at City Club
The Cost of Congestion: How Traffic Jams Waste More Than Just Your Time City Club Friday Forum – March 31, 2006 Panelists: Jay T. Waldron, President of Port of Portland Commission and Co-Chair of Metro’s Transportation Investment Task Force Ann Gardner, Government Relations Manager, Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Michael Powell, Powell’s City of Books According…