Six days before expiration, Metro Council passes $68 billion regional transportation plan
It’s the most powerful and influential transportation plan in the region that sets a five-year course for investments.
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Metro President Lynn Peterson announces run for Congress
If all goes according to plan for 54-year-old Lake Oswego resident, she’ll join Portland’s Earl Blumenauer on the Congressional Bike Caucus in 2025.
PBOT leaders lobby Congress on Metro-funded trip to D.C.
Meetings with Oregon lawmakers and a trip to US DOT headquarters were on the agenda.
Metro mulls $3 million e-bike incentive program
No matter how you slice it, buying an e-bike will only get easier in the coming months.
Former PBOT manager Ciarlo is new Metro planning director
She’s a former leader of a nonprofit bicycle advocacy group.
Podcast: Why reading names of crash victims matters
Ever been to a transportation-related government committee meeting where someone reads the names of recent traffic victims? It’s a practice that has become more common in Portland in recent years as agencies have adopted Vision Zero campaigns. I’m at meetings where this happens relatively often. It’s done at the outset of a meeting and I … Read more
A plan for ‘Better Bus’ on 82nd Avenue begins (again)
We’ve got another chance to do something big with buses on 82nd Ave. And this time around, ODOT won’t have any say in the matter.
Fairness in funding is topic of new Metro report
The report offers a detailed analysis of key revenue sources and rates them according to an equity score.
Parks bond measures will build more trails around the region
There are three bond measures on the ballot right now that will help pump millions into trails in Portland and beyond.
Columbia Slough and Marine Drive path gaps to be filled with Metro bond funds
There were a lot of exciting Portland-area active transportation projects up for Metro funding through its 2025-2027 Regional Flexible Funds Allocation (RFFA) cycle, and not all of them were chosen. But Metro has other pots of money to dip into for regional projects, and they just announced how they’ll use $20 million from the 2019 … Read more
NP Greenway among 11 projects pegged for Metro flexible funding
“We believe the needs of our marginalized voices are being ignored. The disparity of funding that is coming out to Washington County is stark.” – Steve Callaway, Mayor of Hillsboro Last spring, we looked at some of the projects transportation agencies in the Portland metro area asked Metro to fund through their 2025-2027 Regional Flexible … Read more
With 6-1 vote, Metro Council endorses I-5 Columbia River Bridge project
Following a unanimous vote at the Portland City Council in favor of the current plan for the Interstate Bridge Replacement, the Oregon Metro Council voted 6 to 1 to do the same Thursday, with only staunch project critic Mary Nolan in dissent. The vote signals the incredible momentum that this $4-5 billion megaproject has as … Read more