So having reviewed the challenge of the maintenance backlog for Portland’s street system and looked at some of the common questions around local transportation funding, now it’s time to look at the revenue options for dealing with it. Here are few that are probably out of the question: City registration fee (not legal in Oregon)…

This is the second in our series on Commissioner Adams’ efforts to develop a sustainable funding stream for maintaining Portland’s streets. Today we look at dispelling some of the myths and misconceptions about local transportation funding. Sam gets these questions so often that he built an FAQ section into his presentation. Got that? Love or…

Ron has included links on several posts to a warning cry being issued by the Comptroller General (he spoke at City Club on this topic last year): Economics is even less sexy. But here is the comptroller of the General Accounting Office of the United States of America in his around-the-nation plea for fiscal responsibility.…

This week we’re going to spend some time looking at Sam Adams’ effort to find a funding source for his “Save Money – Save Lives” effort to maintain our streets while making them safer at the same time. Today we’ll look at the problem statement with slides taken from Sam’s neighborhood presentation. Portland’s transportation system…

That’s from an editorial in Friday’s Tribune that both celebrates the success of transit advocates while banging the drum for more dollars for roads. It’s a companion to a front page article (“Money comes for rail, but not roads“) that contrasts funding for the I-205/Mall Light Rail with the quest for maintenance dollars for roads.…