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Initial Thoughts on the ITDP Study
The transportation corner of the internet has been abuzz for the last week over the new study from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. The report compares the amount of development catalyzed by a variety of transit projects, including Light Rail, Bus Rapid Transit and Streetcar – and looks at the ratio between capital investment…
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What’s the VMT of Your Garbage?
Via The Overhead Wire: The Atlantic Cities has a piece about trying to minimize the energy/emission footprint of transporting garbage, and looks at New York City’s efforts to shift from hauling garbage to landfills in trucks to moving it on barges. Our region has a similar challenge. Our landfill in is in Gilliam County, east…
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Open Thread for week of 9/29/2013
A few hot items: Joseph Rose looks at final ridership numbers for FY13. (They are down. TriMet blames the end of Free Rail Zone and nice weather this past summer; the biggest ridership drop was LRT, with some summer declines in bus ridership). Metro Councilor Bob Stacey wades into the debate whether as to how…
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C-Tran Reviews CRC Financing Plan
This could be a critical meeting for the Columbia River Crossing since one of the requirements for the Federal application is identifying the source of operating funding for the Light Rail Component. The C-Tran board meets tomorrow night to review options for financing the operations. It’s unclear to me whether or not they will actually…