Despite being decried as an inefficient, multi-billion-dollar mess by a rapidly-increasing number of people, the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail tolling project is a “political necessity” to force light rail into the area, according to an Oregon Supreme Court decision. Suit was filed by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and ...
A recent announcement that the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project will be stalled until possibly 2014 has left some Vancouver business owners angry and scrambling to change their plans. Gillian Wallis, owner of the historic Lucky Lager Warehouse, was the victim of an 11th-hour decision to expand the ...
Despite months of frustrating attempts to gather clear, linear financial data on the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, concerns raised by forensic accountant Tiffany Couch have no merit, according to a letter from Washington State Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond.
The City of Vancouver is considering a new way to pay for transportation system upgrades, and is looking to Vancouver’s Neighborhood Traffic Safety Alliance for input and grassroots support. At the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Alliance (NTSA) meeting Feb. 21, Vancouver’s long-range planning manager, Matt Ransom, acquainted NTSA citizen volunteers with ...
The Washington State School for the Blind Foundation and the School of Piano Technology for the Blind share a common goal and message: That blindness never has to mean helplessness. That message will be heard loud and clear Friday when the two nonprofit organizations host 3 Grands, a fundraising event ...
House Republican leaders in Washington have proposed a budget that addresses a $1.6 billion shortfall by preserving essential services but offering no frills. The plan, which calls for $839.5 million in spending cuts, mandates monthly, two-day unpaid furloughs for state workers. It also cuts the basic health plan and reorganizes ...
Transportation officials should be able to provide much clearer answers about expenditures on the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project than they do now, according to one frustrated Washington legislator. Speaking during an earlier meeting of the Washington State House Committee on Transportation in Olympia, Rep. Ed Orcutt ...
For some time now Cascade Policy Institute president John Charles has monitored transit oriented development, something he claims has “became sort of a religious icon for Portland.” Transit oriented development (TOD) is a mixed-use residential or commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport. Portland was an innovator in ...
Overestimated toll revenue projections. Outdated traffic data. Pie in the sky funding assumptions. Those elements – along with the unpalatable news that Washington State will be completely responsible for toll collection and bridge maintenance – are contained in a financial plan review of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. ...
Reports from two independent analysts looking at the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project show grave reservations about the scope of the project and outdated data used to plan it. In its July, 2011 report to the governors of Washington and Oregon, London-based RBConsult Ltd. writes that “In the absence ...
Today the Oregon Supreme Court ruled on the Land Use Board of Appeals for the Columbia River Crossing project. It concluded that petitioners failed “to show that Metro either exceeded its statutory authority or made a decision …that was not supported by substantial evidence.” The suit was initiated after Metro, ...
A House bill sponsored by Democrats Sharon Wylie and Jim Moeller, both from the 49th Legislative District, seeks to force health plans that offer maternity care to also pay for abortions. Using vague terms such as “voluntary termination of a pregnancy” HB-2330 was approved. The legislation exempts multi-state health plans ...
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