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A Bluetooth-powered Augmented Reality Vision of the Future
The folks at GlobeSherpa are thinking big. I love their new video (and the suggestion that you could take a Streetcar from downtown to North Williams): Here’s the full post describing their vision.
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Oregonian Finally Notices Illogic of CRC
While the Editorial Board continues to tell us that the Columbia River Crossing must be built, at least over on the news side they managed to read the toll analysis and figure out that: 1) Traffic is not growing at the rates that were used to justify the project 2) Tolling I-5 without tolling I-205…
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TriMet to start bus service planning/outreach in SE and around Milwaukie MAX
Title says it all. TriMet is now starting its planning and public outreach activities in preparation of the opening of Portland-Milwaukie MAX next year, and is looking for public input, particularly on the question of how bus service should be reorganized around PMLR. A set of guidelines for the process can be found here. The…
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Who Really Pays for Parking?
The excellent folks at Sightline have looked at recent multifamily construction in Seattle and analyzed the parking use and financing. The conclusion – zoning regulations and bank demands result in more parking being built than needed, and the parking loses money. That means folks are making up the difference in what they pay for housing,…
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CRC Tolling Analysis Released
ODOT has released the investment-grade analysis of toll revenue for the Columbia River Crossing (PDF) and has concluded that the revenue is sufficient to fund the project (surprise) if tolling begins in 2016. We hope to have a critique from Joe Cortright shortly.