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TriMet vs. Streetcar – NOT!
One of the sub-themes running through the Trib’s ReThinking Portland issue on transportation is the role and appropriateness of the Eastside Streetcar project (AKA the Streetcar Loop) and competition between Streetcar and other transit modes. Nick Budnick swears to me that he wasn’t trying to stir up a feud between TriMet and Streetcar (OK, I…
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SDC Remix
I received a note that the City of Portland has established a CAC and review process for their Transportation-related System Development Charges (SDCs). I also had a chance to sit in on a presentation about the topic at my neighborhood association. The fact sheet (PDF, 93K) indicates that the process will review both the project…
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Kate Brown on CO2
That’s “Connect Oregon 2”, apparently the next state transportation funding package will go by the handle “CO2”. The Daily Journal of Commerce has an interview today with Oregon Senate Majority Leader Kate Brown talking about CO2, the Pollution Control tax credit, and shovel-ready industrial sites.
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MTIP Public Comment Opportunities
It’s time for the bienniel food fight over the region’s flexible transportation funds, otherwise known as MTIP. Don’t miss your opportunity to testify on the priorities: Listening posts 5 p.m. Thursday, November 9 East Multnomah County, Gresham City Hall Building, Springwater Trail Room, 133 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham (MAX) 5 p.m. Monday, November 13 Beaverton…
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TIF to TRID?
Over at CommissionerSam.com, Sam is enthusing over a new financing tool he heard about at RailVolution, Transit Revitalization Investment Districts. The idea is to capture the value created by transportation improvements, and use that to fund the improvements. Similar in concept to Tax Increment Financing, but in operation more like beefed up versions of the…