For many years now, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) has been a major news item in the Portland metropolitan region. For those in other regions, the CRC is a project to replace the existing dual lift spans that carry Interstate 5 over the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. The planning process was [...]

It’s time for Portland’s transit leadership to stand up for the region’s vision.
Over the last two years, as the economy shrank, local transit services here in the Portland region have been taking serious criticism. A number of narratives have emerged. One is that TriMet’s investments in rail expansion have come at the expense of the [...]

Is Eugene’s Bus Rapid Transit system, EmX, a model for how to build such transit lines? Only if outward appearances matter more than function.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bemuses me. For years, I have watched as bus manufacturers invented a new way of marketing their products as being a lower cost alternative to rail transit systems. [...]