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Betting on Lottery Dollars for Milwaukie LRT?
Metro is floating its proposed legislative agenda past MPAC and JPACT. Included in the transportation plank is this phrase: “Providing lottery dollars to support the next leg of the region’s high-capacity transit system…” (this means Milwaukie Light Rail). Could this be the boost to get that corridor off the ground? The accompanying report notes that…
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Sustainability at the Oregon Business Plan Summit
The Business Journal has a nice summary article on the presentation on sustainability, so I won’t detail it myself, other than an analogy made by Allen Alley, chair of the plan’s steering committee. He likened sustainability to the quality movement in business in the ’80s. People initially thought quality would just be an added expense.…
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Report from the CLF CRC Forum
Photo courtesy Jonathan Maus Photo courtesy Jonathan Maus Update: An audio clip (QuickTime player required) is now available at NW Progressive Institute. I had an enjoyable time at CLF’s Columbia River Crossing forum last night. The crowd was lively, and generally skeptical. A theme emerged, which is that many folks, including some elected officials and…
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Less Parking
A reader forwarded this link to an article in the Seattle Times about Seattle removing parking minimums in some zoning types, something Portland has already done. This is directly in line with one of the suggestions on our open thread on topics (see, I’m listening). Note the distinction: neither Seattle nor Portland restrict the parking…
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Turnpike Sell-off
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a piece [trial subscription required to read the full article] on the leasing of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Apparently some 50 companies have expressed interest. The general tone of the article was that leasing public infrastructure may be the next big financial investment opportunity. Maybe we should see what we can…