Portland Transport

The Oregon Environmental Council, which opposed the transportation bill along with other environment organizations, nonetheless has published a plus/minus analysis on the bill and finds about a half dozen positives: ODOT is required to develop a “least-cost planning” model, in consultation with local governments and metropolitan planning organizations, as a decision-making tool in the development…

The Business Journal is reporting that the transportation bill passed the Senate by a comfortable 24-6 vote (18 votes were required). The Governor will certainly sign it.