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Keep the Pressure on: CRC Project Sponsors Meeting Today
Coalition for a Livable Future would like you to show up: Show your opposition to the CRC at the Project Sponsors Council Meeting – Friday, March 12th from Stop the CRC! and Coalition for a Livable Future Grassroots coalition Stop the CRC! is (again!) organizing activism at the next CRC Project Sponsors Council Meeting. Why…
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CRC Battle Lines Firming Up: Local Leaders and Enviros vs. Govs and DOTs
A group of local environmental organizations issued a letter today critical of the response from Governors Kulongoski and Gregoire to the request of local leaders to have more control of the Columbia River Crossing project: March 10, 2010 Dear Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski, We are writing on behalf of our organizations, which together represent thousands…
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A Good Week for Bikes
On multiple fronts: Multnomah County is finally ready to open the new bike path on the Morrison Bridge Google Maps has added bicycle directions – try it! Actually, my first attempt with Google was a little rocky. I asked it to route me from my home down to the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and…
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Updated: Portland Streetcar Awarded $23M in TIGER Funds
Update: 3/9/10 In the comments to this post I was asked if the grant was for the entire Innovation Quadrant program, or if it applied to the Moody component only. I learned last week that in fact the grant amount awarded is only for Moody. We’ll need to keep looking for funding for the Sustainability…