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Oregonian Tells it Like it is on CRC Tolling
The Oregonian has a remarkably frank editorial on the need for tolling to make the Columbia River Crossing work, and even takes on the beneficial effects of tolling to manage demand – not just to fund construction. But they also suggest that local (State) government is going to come up with 1/3 of the project…
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Cash for Clunkers, What’s a Sustainable Transportation Geek Supposed to Think?
The news was a-twitter (no, not Twitter, the old-fashioned a-twitter) this weekend that the “Cash for Clunkers” program from the Stimulus is apparently so popular that it blew through the available funding in 5 days and Congress is tripping over itself to approve another $2B in funding (or as we say around here, one-half of…
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Governor Signs Transportation Bill: Some Cheer, Some Cry
Coverage by the Business Journal. Good news for local governments looking for money for potholes. Bad news for environmentalists. It appears that the anti-tax folks have been bought off by the Newberg-Dundee bypass funding in the bill (one of the reasons to cry). I heard some early rumblings that some environmental organizations might try to…