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Two High Capacity Transit Workshops Left
Don’t miss your opportunity… The High Capacity Transit System Plan will provide the region with a prioritized set of corridors or improvements to the existing system based on planned land uses, community values and potential ridership. The plan will be adopted by the Metro Council in spring 2009 after review by community members, elected officials…
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Oregonian Contrasts CRC Tolling Attitudes
We blogged about it last month, but Sunday’s O paints the stark contrast between attitudes about tolling the Columbia River Crossing on the Oregon side and on the Washington side. Increasingly I’m hearing the buzz that the state legislatures may not be enthusiastic about putting gas tax dollars into the CRC, which would mean two…
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Portland Continues Taxi Cartel
William Thompson is a research associate at Cascade Policy Institute. Imagine an industry where two companies control 75% of the market, price-competition is non-existent, and new firms are prohibited from entering. While economists refer to this as an oligopoly, taxi customers in Portland know it best as high prices and long wait times. On April…