Essays

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Planning	Transportation	Portland's MAX Light Rail
Regional Planning Doesn't Work Why Metropolitan Planning Doesn't Work "New Urbanism," the latest fad in urban planning, promises less traffic, better air, and lower taxes. Here's what it really delivers. Urban Containment & its Consequences Federal land-use planning in the works? Smart Growth, Housing Costs , and Homeownership A Critique of Neotraditionalism (new urbanism) Sprawl for Me, But not for Thee Critiquing Sprawl's Critics How "SmartGrowth" Intensifies Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution Portland Running out of land (requires registration) Growth Pays for Itself, But Smart Growth Doesn't Beware Metro Court Zaps Urban Renewal Portand drives out long time employer, another says they wouldn't do it agian	General Motors and the Demise of Streetcars. Why we commute by auto. May 30, 2000. How To Review a Rail Project Getting Involved in Transportation Planning Roads are Freedom Light Rail: The Solution to no problem Light Rail Myths and Realities How to "Build Our Way Out of Congestion" Responding to Pro-Rail-Transit Rhetoric Why you enjoy your commute standing room only: "If we can come up with a way to squeeze more people on, we need to do it." Potemkin Transit (Portland's Airport Light Rail) Why we commute by auto Increased Congestion and What to Do about It	Power spike stalls westside MAX line Seattle' Rail Mess $371 million per mile (do the math)
Local Government Documents
List of Portland Bureaus List of Portland Bureau of Planning Plans Portland Development Commission	PDC Projects Airport Way / Columbia Corridor Downtown Central Eastside Gateway Inner North East Interstate Lents Town Center Lloyd District River District South Waterfront / North Macadam	Selected PDC files: lents_town_plan.pdf Map of Urban Renewall areas The Interstate Ave plan Urban Rrenewal Primer 5 year plan Budget Downtown & Lloyd center housing River district developmemt GatewayPlan North Macadam Urban Renewal Plan Lloyd Center Plan Rose Quarter Freemont / MLK Vision Study - January 2001 Distressed areas map Eastbank Esplanade South Park Block Publications: Portland Fact Book Business Resource Directory New Business Checklist Economic and Demographic Data Portland Fact Book Portland Community Profiles High Technology in Portland, Oregon Portland Metro Job Growth 2000 Census Data (Population, Race, and Age) Oregon and Portland PMSA counties Portland Metro Area selected and high technology firms Business Programs and Assistance Portland's Eastbank brochure Green Office Guide Downtown Portland, Where Business Lives brochure The Portland Business Resource Directory The New Business Checklist Economic Development Newsletter, Summer 2001 Quality Jobs Program PDC Business Financial Services brochure and Quick Reference Guide The North/Northeast Portland Enterprise Zone Program Lents Town Center Plan (3,899 kb) Kennedy School Master Plan Development Green Building Policy Lloyd District Development Rose Quarter Public Review Draft Midtown Blocks Gateway North Macadam Fremont/MLK Vision Study Old Town/Chinatown Development Plan Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Plan Civic Stadium Project Fact Sheets King Neighborhood Commercial Development Strategy River District Storefront Improvement Program Housing Asset Management System Customer Reference Manual Downtown Target Area Housing Implementation Strategy Lloyd District Housing Inventory and Policy Analysis Report Downtown Housing Inventory and Policy Analysis August 2000 Housing Bulletin General Budget 2000-2005 Five Year Business Plan Annual Reports Annual Diversity Report Comprehensive Annual Financial Report About PDC PDC's new Customer Service Office PDC Quarterly Reports City of Portland Annual Report and Project Highlights
Environmental Plans Balch Creek ESEE Balch Creek Watershed Protection Plan Boring Lava Domes — Supplement to the Johnson Creek Basin Plan Columbia Southshore NRPP (adopted) East Buttes Terraces & Wetlands Conservation Plan Fanno Creek and Tributaries Conservation Plan Forest Park Natural Resources Mgmt Plan Johnson Creek Basin Protection Plan Northwest Hills Protection Plan Peninsula Drainage District No. 1 NRMP Portland Plant List (does not include rolled map) Portland’s Willamette River Atlas Introduction, Map descriptions Map 1: Aerial Photos Map 2: Natural Resources Map 3: Willamette Riverbanks Map 4: Recreation, Scenic, & Trail Resources Map 5: Base Zones & Plan Districts Map 6: Overlay Zones & Urban Renewal Districts Map 7: Current Land Ownership Map 8: Existing Land & River Uses Corrections and Clarifications — 01/29/02 Skyline West Conservation Plan Smith and Bybee Natural Resources Management Plan Southwest Hills Resource Protection Plan	Highlights Report — (accomplishments of Portland) 3.5 MB Introduction 807 KB Downtown Plan904 KB Central City Plan670 KB Albina Community Plan760 KB Outer Southeast Community Plan360 KB How Well Have We Done?61 KB