urban planning
We Can’t Afford Metro’s Affordable Housing
by Randal O’Toole Affordable housing projects funded with Metro’s 2018 housing bond have wasted more than a billion dollars due to bad decisions made by Metro on how to spend that money. Metro’s single-minded focus on…
Cascade Questions Evidence Behind Metro’s War on Cars
Cascade President John A. Charles, Jr. Submits Testimony to Metro Council on its Transportation Demand Management Strategy and the 82nd Avenue Transit Project. Cascade President, John A. Charles, Jr. delivered pointed…
TriMet’s $320M Painful Plan to Gridlock 82nd Avenue
by Randal O’Toole Bus rapid transit was originally supposed to provide light-rail-like services for a lot less money than the cost of building a new rail line. Yet TriMet has figured out a way to make bus rapid transit both…
Metro’s Plan for Making Housing More Expensive
By Randal O’Toole High housing prices in the Portland area led to a legislative mandate for Metro, Portland’s regional planning agency, and city governments to develop a strategy to make housing affordable again. Metro’s…
Decision Time for TriMet’s 82nd Ave. Road Diet
By John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet’s “Road Diet” planned for 82nd Avenue is headed for a final decision on November 7th. While one might believe that “building a better 82nd Avenue” would take cars into account, the Portland…
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