It’s fitting that the Vancouver City Council held an informal town hall meeting at Clark College at Columbia Tech Center Tuesday, because the event looked more like class registration day than an official City Council meeting. But that was the goal, as the council – unable to meet at its ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) has officially entered its “pre-construction” phase, even though planners have yet to secure a penny of the estimated $10 billion* they will need to fund capital costs. The announcement came Thursday during the final meeting of the CRC Project Sponsors Council, a ...
How Clark County’s economic climate will fare over the next 20 years was the billion-dollar question hanging in the air during a special day-long session the Washington State Transportation Commission held on Nov. 14 at the Port of Vancouver. The seven-member commission sets tolls for state roadways, bridges, and ferries ...
A Washington voter initiative to ban rush-hour toll increases appears headed for the November ballot, after organizers collected more than 327,000 signatures. The proposal, Initiative 1125, would, among other things, require that toll rates be set by the Washington Legislature, and that the rates would be steady throughout the ...
Mel Zucker, management consultant and former director of Oregon Transportation Institute, talks about his background working with the Oregon Department of Transportation. Audio timeline: 00:00 Zucker introduces himself and his career. 00:49 Zucker talks about when Neil Goldschmidt became governor of Oregon and how it affected transportation. At the ...
On March 31, state Rep. Paul Harris visited US Digital to have a video interview with David Madore. Click here to view the interview if it doesn’t appear above. See our continuing coverage of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. Do you have information to share on the CRC? ...