-
Portland Streetcar Loop Environmental Assessment Available
Metro has posted the Environmental Assessment documents for the proposed Eastside Loop Streetcar expansion. http://www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=13800 A public comment period is now in process: “A 30-day public comment period began with the release of the environmental assessment Feb. 8, 2008. All comments must be received by 5 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2008.” Check out the Metro…
-
How the Feds Mess with Transit Projects
Here’s a great article from the Pioneer Press in Minneapolis/St. Paul that talks about how the FTA calculates a Cost Effectiveness Index for transit projects. The Streetcar Loop is going through the same process and is subject to the same 23.99 magic number. Our problem is that every time we submit data that gets us…
-
Eddington Report Staffer to Speak in Portland
From Metro: In the evening of February 25, Oliver Jones will speak at Metro as part of the Transportation Speaker Series. Metro Council Chamber, 7:30pm This event is free and open to the public About Oliver Jones – Oliver Jones is a former UK Senior Civil Servant. Having graduated from Cambridge University in England, he…
-
Columbia River Crossing – Aesthetics in the News
Metroblogging Portland pointed out an article in today’s Oregonian about the constraints a new bridge design will face when it comes to elevation and appearance: Limits offer ‘no poetry’ for I-5 bridge Vertical constraints for a new Columbia span could mean a simple, flat design Some of the region’s political leaders have said yes. They…