Portland Transport

Category: Transportation Funding

  • Mica Transportation Bill Prompts Strong Reactions

    I suspect the White House may be regretting that they didn’t put through a Transportation re-authorization bill two years ago when Jim Oberstar, the Democratic chair of the House Transportation Committee, pushed for it. Today John Mica, the Republican chair of the same committee released a draft of the reauthorization bill that cuts spending by…

  • Cascade Policy Institute ?s MAX Light Rail?

    Update: The FTA has responded to Cascade’s letter, and disagrees with Cascade’s contention that the MAX Green Line is out of compliance with the Full Funding Grant Agreement. The FTA’s response is here. Quoting from the response: In recent years, TriMet, like many transit agencies across the country, has been impacted by the decline in…

  • Can We Intersect the Politics of Bikes and the Politics of Thrift?

    While we avoided a government shutdown a few weeks ago, it seems clear that the 2012 Federal budget is going to involve some heavy cost-cutting. And infrastructure dollars have been getting harder and harder to find at the local level for some time. So I’d like to suggest that we consider promoting cycling as a…

  • No Joy From D.C.

    Reconnecting America has an analysis of the impact on transportation alternatives from the budget deal. TriMet may be sweating Portland-to-Milwaukie Light Rail. This could also raise some questions about the Light Rail component of the Columbia Crossing.

  • TriMet announces proposed 2012 budget

    TriMet’s proposed 2012 budget