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Rapprochement
For the last 18 months or so, Congressman James Oberstar, chair of the House Transportation Committee and our own Peter DeFazio, chair of the surface transportation subcommittee have been beating up on the White House to get going on the every-six-years transportation reauthorization. But the President has had other priorities and the result was a…
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Front-loading the Re-authorization
The president’s Labor Day stumping included pushing for ‘front-loading’ the transportation re-authorization with $50B in up-front funding. T4America is rushing to support the idea, but I’d be happy if the rhetoric were a little less road-centric. Yes, transit and HSR are called out, but the lead is still roads, roads, roads. Any I saw nary…
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Connect Oregon III Hands Out $97M
Mostly to freight projects, with some transit and a few aviation projects.
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The TriMet Ballot Measure
From my perspective, this sort of came out of the blue. Portland Afoot has been doing a very good job of following the details. But there’s one bit of logic in the timing that I can understand. TriMet is applying a “maintain existing revenue streams” approach. This was applied with lottery bonds. When the West…
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MTIP Time Again – Your Chance to Comment
The MTIP (Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program) is a rolling 4-year plan for how transportation funds will be spent in the region that is updated every two years. The 2010-2013 Plan is now in development and Metro is seeking comments. The dust-up a few weeks ago about active transportation versus freight was part of this process,…