The signing of a contract between C-Tran and Tri-Met not popular among the majority of Vancouver residents who gave public comment at the last C-Tran Board meeting.
This breakthrough solution was designed by two Portland Tri-Met veterans and hits a home run that gives all parties what they want and more for a tiny fraction of the failed CRC Light Rail Tolling project. The CRC bureaucracy is invited to compare this to their $160 million boondoggle too low.
With the failure of C-Trans Prop 1 Washington Policy Center issued a press release yesterday that included results of a poll that was conducted recently.
This report shows the real cost of tolls and debt for the light rail tolling project to be substantially higher than we have been told. Video clips show officials rushing ahead to incur unprecedented debt with no funds to cover that debt except more debt and escalating tolls. Forensic Accountant Tiffany Couch shows us the numbers from the CRC documents.
According to Portland Policy expert John Charles, Portland TriMet is in deep financial trouble as Clark County considers becoming a new tax base for the out of state bureaucracy.
Hurst says MAX construction in Portland forced him out of business. He fears Vancouver small businesses could suffer a similar fate during CRC/BRT construction.
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 ...