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Incremental Cost of Building Freeways and Exporting Portland’s Road Fees
I would like to explore to issues related to cost of building freeway lanes, the benefits to the transportation system, and who pays. 1) The incremental costs of building out of congestion is inefficient and serves only a small number of people, making the cost per user extremely high. 2) Personally, I rarely sit in…
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300 Miles of Tram Tracks
Commissioner Sam Adams, just back from Melbourne, talks about their 300 miles of tram tracks (compared to our soon-to-be 8 miles of Streetcar tracks here) over at this blog. [Post comments over there, not here.]
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TriMet Grapples with Energy Costs
TriMet’s board has adopted a corrective action plan to deal with increased diesel fuel costs (about $5M over budget for the year). In addition to conservation measures, the plan includes a 15 cent fare increase… On a more hopeful note, in conjunction with the Bonneville Power Administration, TriMet has installed a fuel cell at its…
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Toll Roads Back in the News
Yesterday’s Oregonian included an article by James Mayer (unfortunately it does not appear to be online) indicating that ODOT has selected an Australian company as a preferred partner for toll roads, possibly including the Newberg-Dundee bypass and an added lane on the southern end of I-205. Today the Oregonian’s “question of the week” is also…
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On Being a Transit-Assisted Pedestrian
I don’t think of myself as a transit rider, although I certainly ride transit frequently. I don’t even think of myself primarily as a bicycle rider, although when I go to the office, it’s most often on my bike. My primary identification is as a pedestrian. Most of my travel around the city is on…