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Asking the Right Question About Burnside/Couch
It would appear that the debate over the future of West Burnside and Couch is about to re-ignite. This will be round three. I participated in round one, back in the middle of the last decade, when I represented my neighborhood in NW Portland on the stakeholder committee. There was broad consensus during that process…
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Your Questions for Neil
Neil McFarlane will soon take over at TriMet in the role that has been filled for some time now by Fred Hansen. PortlandTransport has arranged to do an on-camera, sit-down interview with Neil shortly after he assumes the new job. The date has not been finalized, but in advance of that, I’d like to solicit…
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Reslicing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The conventional wisdom has been that transportation in our region was responsible for about a third of our Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Metro has just commissioned a new inventory of emissions, and came up with a lower number, about 25%. Of that, about 3/5ths is “local passenger traffic” (i.e., cars) and 2/5ths is our long distance…
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VIPs Headline CRC Freight Session
From the City of Portland: PFC [Portland Freight Committee] Members and Interest Groups: I wanted send out a reminder ahead of time that there will be a special joint Portland Freight Committee/Vancouver Freight Alliance meeting scheduled during our normal first Thursday meeting date. The focus of July’s meeting will be the CRC project and our…