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Mall Bus Stop Relocations
TriMet has released the detailed locations of bus stops relocated for the Transit Mall reconstruction starting in January.
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RTP Exercise: Fiscal Stewardship
This is the sixth and final in a series of posts in the first phase of our online RTP policy exercise. Your job is to describe what the outcomes will look like if the RTP succeeds in producing the 2040 objective of Fiscal Stewardship: Stewardship of the public infrastructure ensures that the needs and expectations…
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Updated: Mega Ships
Update: 10/26/06 The New York Times reported this week that the electorate in Panama has voted by a wide margin to approve $5B+ to widen the canal. Original Post: 10/11/06 Having just reviewed The Box about containerization, I’m probably a little over-sensitized to container shipping issues, but the article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (“Giants…
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RTP Exercise: Equity
This is the fifth in a series of six posts in the first phase of our online RTP policy exercise. Your job is to describe what the outcomes will look like if the RTP succeeds in producing the 2040 objective of Equity: Equitable access to affordable housing, jobs, transportation, recreation and services for people in…
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Toll Road Blowback
I understand that the Governor of Indiana is in a tough re-election race, in part because he leased a toll road to a foreign corporation. And in Texas, a documentary film, Truth Be Tolled, has been produced in opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor: Government has figured out a way to make money on public infrastructure.…