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Tolls Don’t Pencil for Sunrise
Yesterday’s Oregonian reports that tolls may still work to help add a lane to I-205 (although it’s challenging), but they probably don’t pencil out for the Sunrise Corridor. At nearly $1 billion, the Sunrise Corridor project costs too much and would not attract enough toll-paying traffic to make financial sense, according to a report released…
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SDC Update Progresses
The 10-year review of Portland’s Transportation System Development Charge program is slogging along. The CAC has released the first cut list of projects that may be eligible for SDC funding. This list will get narrowed, so now is the time to provide your input. I don’t see an online comment form, so I would suggest…
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DeFazio Clarifies Position on Tolls
Congressman DeFazio is quoted in yesterday’s Trib saying that he’s not opposed to tolls, nor is he opposed to public-private partnerships. He’s just opposed to deals that screw the public: DeFazio said his objections were with the structure of the Indiana deal, not tolls or public-private partnerships in general. Although MIG-Cintra paid Indiana $3.8 billion…
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Parking in Lieu of Fee
Maybe this is an answer to the question of what to do about parking minimums in neighborhood development. Over at the “Overhead Wire” blog, there’s a suggestion that developers be allowed to drop parking from their projects only by paying an ‘in lieu of’ fee that would help fund alternative transportation.
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Last MTIP Comment Opportunity Feb 13
From Metro: On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) and the Metro Council will hear public testimony on the draft final list of transportation priorities for the flexible funding portion of the 2008-11 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). The hearing will be held in the…