Portland
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URBAN PLANNING IN PORTLAND

American Dream Boundaries: Urban Containment and its Consequences (20010704)

Portland West Side Traffic Increases, Despite New Light Rail Line

Portland CBD & Urban Area Commuting Profile: 2000 (20060524)

Portland Downtown (CBD) Public Transport Market Share: 2000 (20060522)
The Illusion of Transportation Choice: Portland (20060220)
Portland Traffic Congestion Rises Most of 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)
Portland Economic Growth Noose Loosened (Urban Growth Boundary): The Public Purpose #74 (20030214)
Texas Transportation Institute Data: Traffic Trends Worse in Portland: The Public Purpose #72 (20031018)

The Illusion of Transporation Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030706)
The Illusion of Transit Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030706)
Portland: Smart Growth Champion (20030312)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic (20030610)
Turning Point in Portland? (20030625)

The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways(20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)
The Public Purpose #56: Portland: Smart Growth Champion (20030312)
Portland Roadway Use Expands Despite Limitations on Freeway Expansion (20030108)
Portland Urbanized Area Transit Market Share 1990-2000 (20020714)

Policy Point #9: How Will North Portland Line Reduce Traffic Congestion? (20020804)
Dallas (DART) Transit Losses: Policy Implications (20020720)
Portland Transit Work Trip Market Share Compared to Before Light Rail (20020714)
Texas Transportation Institute: Portland Driving Increase Leads the Nation (20011224)
Portland Freeways More Congested than Seattle (20011121)

Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)
Portland Traffic Density Exceeds Seattle (20011121)
Traffic Density: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)
Urban Rail Productivity: Selected International Urban Areas Ranked (20010817)
Urban Rail Productivity: Selected International Urban Areas (20010817)

Portland Ranks 6th of 34 Areas in Roadway Congestion Delay from 1982 (001223)
Letter to the Oregonian Re: I-5 North Expansion (010523)
Portland Ranks 5th of 34 Areas in Congestion Increase from 1982 (001223)
Portland Ranks 3rd of 34 Areas in Per Capita Auto Travel Increase from 1982 (001223)

Light Rail Costs Rising 20% Annually (000406)
Light Rail Costs Approach $70 Million per Mile (000406)
Peak Light Rail Volumes Less than Freeway Lane: Portland & St. Louis
New US Light Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
Portland Street & Freeway Lanes Carry More Volume than Light Rail

Highway Use Continues to Escalate in New Urbanist Portland
Light Rail Referendum Loses in Portland
Letter to The Oregonian on Unrelated Subjects of Light Rail and Traffic Congestion
Oregon Transportation Institute Items on Portland Light Rail
Transit Work Trip Market Share Trends Downward in All US New Rail Cities

Letter to US Vice-President on Erroneous Portland Speech Details
Work Trip Market Share: CBD/Central City/Suburban
Portland LRT & Non-LRT Corridors: Freeway Traffic Trends 1985-1996
Portland Work Trip Market Share Data
Highway Traffic Growth Faster in Portland than Seattle

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