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FFGA Party
It was party time on Tuesday at FTA Administrator James Simpson was in town to sign the Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Green Line Light Rail (I-205 and Transit Mall). A party tent was erected at the end of the construction zone. More after the break…
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Fear of Toll Blowback?
We remarked on Ron Sims’ comments on tolling Seattle’s Freeways. Turns out there’s a little more to the story. Apparently Sims commissioned a study (PDF, 1.1M) from Booz Allen Hamilton, that nicely makes the case. But then he apparently tried to sit on it until after the November election, out of concern that it might…
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SMF Anyone?
That’s Street Maintenance Fee. You can’t say Sam Adams doesn’t have courage. He’s looking at ways to close Portland’s street maintenance backlog, and find some dollars for safety programs. The ultimate proposal will likely be a combination of two or three funding mechanisms, possibly including a local gas tax and/or a Street Maintenance Fee (a…
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Freeway Tolls “Inevitable”?
So says King County Executive Ron Sims.
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Disconnected Advocacy?
Reading through my Trib yesterday morning, I was confronted with a full page ad titled “Keep Oregon Moving” (featuring a pothole as a background). Turns out this is a group of business leaders and associations (mostly the “cost of congestion” report proponents at both the statewide and local level). They are listed prominently in the…