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Toto, We’re Not in Portland Anymore
Lest it be said that I have never followed Jack Bogdanski’s lead, I’m in San Diego this week, at a professional conference for my day job. Of course, I can’t help making a few observations about my transportation environment. I’m staying in the Gaslamp district, so please don’t generalize beyond that specific area. Here’s the…
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How Not to Ride MAX
Thanks to Jonathan Maus from bikeportland.org for this photo he snapped on Sunday near the Gotham Tavern along Interstate MAX.
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Height Limits: Another Zoning Decision that Causes Sprawl
In Friday’s Oregonian is a story of another suburban city whose residents are fighting code changes to allow higher buildings in its downtown. Troutdale, like Lake Oswego, Wilsonville and other suburbs, have very low height limits for buildings even in their “downtowns.” Height limits are intended to maintain a “village” feel, even if these “villages”…
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Bi-State Forum March 16th
Jill Fuglister passes on this notice of the Bi-State economic development forum coming up next week. Transportation is definitely on the agenda: Bi-State Metropolitan Forum: Building a Healthy Economy for Oregon and Washington Thursday, March 16, 8:30 am-3 pm Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom, Portland State University Hosted by the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies…
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Trib Keeps Digging at Transit Mall
Two pieces today. An article on the City of Portland’s objection to relocating so many buses to 3rd and 4th during construction (probably not unreasonable) and an analysis piece that suggests that some key decisions were made in poorly publicized meetings (I don’t really buy the idea that anyone was fooled by calling the auto…