Vancouver is pushing the same policies that have driven more than 1.6 million people out of California since the year 2000. The radical push for new hyper-density development in narrowly confined corridors is done all in the name of saving the planet, even though increasing density and congestion worsens pollution ...
The next step in the process to push Portland’s light rail into Vancouver is to secure taxes to fund expenses for operation and maintenance (O&M). Unlike the cost to construct light rail – which is funneled through state and federal taxes – monies for operation and maintenance are derived from ...
Unfortunately, there’s more than one ‘CRC’ We are not alone. The light rail tolling disaster being forced on our community is only one of many across our nation. Monday night at the city council meeting, I listened to the nonsense of Mayor Tim Leavitt and two condescending council members ...
Beefed-up fire and police presences, along with fare enforcement, would be provided by C-Tran for light rail trains and stations when the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project is built, according to a report presented to the Vancouver City Council...
In a white paper presented to transportation officials this week, forensic accountant Tiffany Couch slammed what she calls a “severe lack of accountability, transparency, and oversight” in managing the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail (CRC) project. Couch, owner of Vancouver-based Acuity Group, met Thursday with the area’s political ...
Oregon Republican Party Chairman and potential 2014 Oregon gubernatorial candidate Allen Alley used to support the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) – that is until he started looking at the details. Now he describes the CRC as the ultimate “talking frog” – kind of cool, but ...
Post updated Jan. 9, 2012 An angry email exchange last week between Vancouver City Council member Jeanne Stewart and Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt has revealed simmering tensions on the council heading into key discussions about committee assignments. This is the time of year that the City Council decides which of ...
If concerns expressed over the Columbia River Crossing by a key Oregon legislative committee are any indication, the $10 billion* project could be a hard sell with lawmakers in Salem. That’s important to Clark County residents because the Oregon Legislature is expected to pick up $450 million of the project’s ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a record of decision approving the environmental phase of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, allowing the project to move forward with land acquisition and pursuit of final funding. The $10 billion* plan will replace the current Interstate Bridges with a wider ...
National transportation analyst John Charles believes that the advent of light rail in Vancouver will not decrease congestion – in fact just the opposite. He asks if people will give up their cars “if we take away road-building, if we put lots of money into light trail, if we use ...
Last week, COUV.COM reported that CenturyLink sought information with the City of Vancouver regarding potential street projects – including streetcar and light rail construction – that could impact its plans to install new phone lines beneath Evergreen Blvd. in downtown Vancouver this summer. Handwritten notes on the permit CenturyLink (then Qwest) submitted to the ...
Despite the suspicions of some business owners, light rail construction has not begun in downtown Vancouver. However, the potential for light rail and streetcar development was a concern for CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) when it submitted a permit earlier this year with the City of Vancouver seeking permission to replace aging ...
It has taken two years of construction, more than 160,000 man hours and 3.8 miles of shelf space, but the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District is ready for its next chapter as it debuts Vancouver’s newest library July 17. The new facility replaces the old main community library that has stood at the corner of Mill Plain and Fort Vancouver Way for nearly fifty years.
