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Development Plan for an Alternative Columbia Crossing
Will Macht is an Adjunct Professor in the College or Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University teaching courses in real estate development planning. The Urban Land Institute has published over 60 of his articles in Urban Land and in a book entitled “Remaking the Urban Waterfront”. Will has produced an opinion piece (PDF,…
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Slicing and Dicing
Here we go again, the bienniel food fight over the region’s flexible transportation funds, otherwise known as the MTIP process. In fact, you’ll read another contributor this morning advocating for including a project on the first cut list. So gear up for the public process component for the final cut: Comment on transportation projects The…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Off-Street Paths
This month the KBOO Bike Show will feature a special membership drive program with guest host Tim Carver discussing the Springwater Trail and his other favorite off-street paths. We talk on the phone with children participating in National Bike and Walk to School Day. 9-10AM, Wednesday, October 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm…
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SkyTrain
A few weeks ago I wrote about the SkyLink at DFW airport, and the attributes that made it an almost ideal transit system (high frequency, grade-separated right of way, central control reducing operator costs, etc.). Visiting Vancouver, it was interesting to see how many of these attributes SkyTrain possesses. Three minute headways during peak commute…