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Your Opportunity to Shape Transportation Policy
Metro is seeking applicants for citizen positions on the Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee and the Regional Travel Options subcommittee: The Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee (TPAC) and Regional Travel Options (RTO) Subcommittee are currently seeking community representatives to serve two-year terms beginning January 2009. Three seats on TPAC and one seat on the RTO Subcommittee are…
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Assessing Transportation Downtown
As part of an open house on the Central City Plan component of the overall “Portland Plan”, PDOT release a preliminary assessment (PDF, 2.3M) of the transportation situation and future needs for the downtown core. Are they on target?
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Fregonese on Transportation
John Fregonese, one the nation’s premier regional planners, spoke last night at the Portland Spaces/City Club “Bright Lights” series. Of course, transportation was a frequent topic. Some of John’s thoughts: On transit in our region: buses are being neglected. He’d much rather forgo MAX on Barbur and Powell and provide much better bus service throughout…
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Imagine 82nd
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: InSight Visioning and Planning, PSU MURP Workshop Project team Topic: Imagine 82nd InSight, a team of graduate students in PSU’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, will present their Planning Workshop project entitled “Imagine 82nd.” The project engaged residents, businesses, property…
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When Transportation Planning Went Off the Rails
The folks over at Sam Adams office beat me to the punch by posting a wonderful piece from the good folks at the Project for Public Spaces on when and where transportation planning went off the rails, and how it’s coming back. Check it out on CommissionerSam.com.