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Sprawl Will Trump Fuel Efficiency
Via Planetizen: A new report (as reported in the Detroit Free Press) from the Urban Land Institute suggests that increased Vehicle Miles Traveled due to sprawl will increase greenhouse gas production faster than more efficient vehicles will reduce them. Compare that to our region, where we are keeping VMT constant or reducing it slightly even…
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Help Make Milwaukie LRT Safe: Task Force Members Sought
From Metro: Safety and Security Task Force a priority for the Portland Milwaukie Light Rail project As the planning and evaluation process for the proposed Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project is underway, there are many opportunities for interested citizens to get involved and offer input on the various impacts and benefits of a new light rail…
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Bump Bump Bump
An article in today’s Oregonian outlines the debate at the Federal level on using transit funding as a tool for economic development versus just transportation (in my opinion not instead of transportation, but in addition to it). The article suggests that this may be an issue for the Streetcar Loop project. I don’t think that’s…