Portland Transport

Jim Mayer’s article in the Sunday O (“Next I-5 chokepoint: $6 billion“) puts the choices nicely into perspective: The proposal from the task force staff boils down to a choice between committing the region’s energy, money and political will to a single megaproject — “Gargantua, the Bridge,” according to one critic — or doing nothing.…

Both the Tribune (“Money can be found for bridge“) and the Oregonian (“Build a bridge to better economy“) have editorialized that we should move ahead with the big bridge option. From the Trib: The economic value of reducing congestion on Interstate 5 between Portland and Vancouver is incalculable, but there will be environmental benefits as…

All Columbia River Crossing, all day. Leading up to tomorrow’s DEIS decision by the task force, let’s start with coverage and reaction to Metro’s hearing on the options: BikePortland.org Oregonian Tribune (web site only) Here at Portland Transport