Portland Transport

The non-Freeway crossings are described on pages 5-9 and 5-21 to 5-24 (PDF 847K) of the report (PDF 3.3M). The staff analysis seems to amount to: well, that’s nice, but unless you do freeway improvements as well, you don’t meet the purpose and need of the project. Here’s the direct quote: It does not significantly…

The report (PDF 3.3M) contains four different rail transit options on pages 4-5, 4-6 and 4-10 to 4-12 (PDF, 393K). The options include Light Rail, Streetcar, Commuter Rail and Heavy Rail. Staff recommend further consideration of Light Rail and Streetcar, but not Commuter Rail or Heavy Rail. The rationale is that current rail lines will…

The second batch of projects to discuss are the supplemental freeway bridge concepts. Like the replacement bridges, they could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find…

The first batch of projects to discuss are the replacement freeway bridge concepts. They could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find detailed descriptions on pages…

Here we go! We’re going to dive into a detailed discussion of the Columbia River Crossing options that are under consideration to advance into the Environmental Impact Statement phase of the study process. We’ll be looking at each of the 37 different components (split into about 10 different groups). Staff has evaluated each of these…