Livability coalition to Metro: T2020 funding list ‘doesn’t go far enough’

The Getting There Together Coalition, a group of 50+ member organizations that was formed in 2017 to influence the Metro transportation investment package that will be sent to voters in 2020, says the recommendation by Metro staff on how to spend the first $3.1 billion in new revenue is too timid. “If the Task Force … Read more


Poll: 3 out of 4 say regional transportation measure should be focused on safer roads

By spring of next year Metro Council is expected to decide whether or not they should send a major transportation investment measure to the ballot. Dubbed T2020, efforts to shape where and how new revenues would be spent are heating up. This week Metro is hosting community forums in all three counties. Washington and Clackamas … Read more


Climate concerns dominate Metro ‘T2020’ task force meeting

Concerns about climate change were made loud and clear to Metro’s Transportation Funding Task Force at their meeting last night. Metro is leading an effort to raise what some say could be as much as $20 billion for transportation infrastructure around the regional via a bond measure that could go to voters in November. As … Read more


Checking in on ‘T2020,’ Metro’s transportation funding measure

We’re now three months since the official launch of Metro’s effort to raise funds for transportation infrastructure via a bond measure that could go to voters in 2020. This is likely to be the most consequential transportation funding decision in our region’s history. With activism heating up and outlines of the measure being drawn, it’s … Read more