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Equity in Regional Transportation
Updated: 2/10/09 Metro has put a video of the presentation online. Some readers may be particularly interested in the comments on the equity of rail vs. bus investments. Original Post: 1/22/09 Metro Councilor Robert Liberty would like cordially invite you to Metro’s Transportation Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Thomas Sanchez. The title of his speech is…
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Sellwood Community Breathes a Sigh of Relief
Saturday’s Oregonian (annoyingly, the article does not appear to be on OregonLive) reports that the steering committee of politicos overseeing the Sellwood Bridge project agreed with the citizens committee and affirmed the choice of a two-lane replacement bridge, compatible with the street network in Sellwood.
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Wither Fareless Square?
Updated: 02/09/2009 Here’s the presentation (PDF, 1.6M) given to TriMet’s Board of Directors on the topic… Original Post: 01/28/2009 Earlier today the TriMet Board received a briefing on Fareless Square choices to coincide with the September opening of the Green Line. My understanding is that this is the beginning of a public process that TriMet…
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Senate Attacks Alternative Transportation in Stimulus
Here’s a not from the Streetsblog network urging folks to call their Senators NOW. There are also efforts going on to specifically strip bike funding… Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are leading a small group of centrist Senators which, reportedly, is trying to cut the stimulus by about $100 billion. Supposedly, they…
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Hard Times Ahead for TriMet?
Indications are that TriMet’s payroll tax revenue has been strongly impacted by the recession. As a result, TriMet is looking at a 5-8% service reduction. The upcoming public process around fairless square will also be used to gather public input on these cuts. Let’s hope for a white knight: congressman Oberstar added several hundred million…