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FTA not Sympathetic to AORTA Request
A week or so ago, there was a small blurb in the Tribune that the Federal Transit Administration had rejected AORTA’s call for an independent review of the Transit Mall LRT project. Portland Transport requested a copy of the FTA response from TriMet. Here’s a scan of the letter (PDF 1.1M). Cutting to the bottom…
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End in Sight for Fareless Square?
Friday’s Tribune reported on a recommendation from a TriMet advisory committee suggesting that it might be time to terminate fareless square. There seem to be a number of factors at play here: TriMet is squeezed to pay for operating costs for the new Green Line, and could use the extra fare revenue. The City of…
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Perspectives on the RTP Update
Last Thursday Metro held a workshop to begin scoping the process for updating the Regional Transportation Plan. A number of Portland Transport contributors participated, and you’ll be reading a number of perspectives on the update over the next few days. Last Thursday Metro convened 100 leaders and local politicians to kick off the Regional Transportation…
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Japanese Streetscapes Redux
For those of you who missed Portland Transport contributor Rick Browning’s presentation of his research on Japanese Streetscapes, you’re in luck. Rick is giving pretty much the same presentation in a couple of other venues: Tuesday 4/25 SE Uplift (neighborhood coalition) – 3534 SE Main 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Call Steve Hoyt at 503/232-0010…
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An Economist Looks at the Cost of Congestion
We had a robust discussion here several months ago about the Cost of Congestion report. Now, local economist Joe Cortright has penciled out his perspective. Joe is perhaps best known for his The Young and the Restless report looking at what influences young, highly educated workers in the choice of cities and regions to live…