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Ada Louise Huxtable – Prescient
Ada Louise Huxtable – for many years the architecture critic for the New York Times – passed away recently, and over at Portland Architecture local history expert Dan Hanekow reviews some of her thoughts on Portland. I would be remiss if I didn’t call out this 1970 quote: “Some day, some American city will discover…
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Online Petition Against CRC
As we’ve discussed, this is the legislative session in which the Columbia River Crossing will either get a commitment for the local share of funding, or will likely die for the lack of it. MoveOn.org is now hosting a petition to urge Oregon legislators to deny that funding and promote the “Common Sense Alternative.”
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CRC Action Day at the Legislature
From the folks at ThirdBridgeNow.com: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NO funding for CRC!! Oregon State Capitol Steps January 15, 2013 Economic Transportation Alliance commonly known as Third Bridge Now.com works on transportation issues in Oregon and SW Washington with a focus on the economy, safety, and the environment. Has organized a walk and talk to Oregon…
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Oregonian: TriMet abusing overtime?
Mentioned earlier in the open thread, but today the Oregonian’s Joseph Rose is reporting that excessive overtime at TriMet is resulting in severe operator fatigue–a factor which led to an incident in 2011 where a Yellow Line train crashed into the buffers at the Expo Center station. (The driver apparently had dozed off). Go read…