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Business growth, community challenges visited on St. Johns MPAC tour

Sept. 13, 2012 4:46 p.m.

As a group of 30 regional planners, legislators and community members strolled through St. Johns early Wednesday evening, store owners and passersby couldn't help but interject.

Public and private-sector partners urge new investments to support traded-sector job growth

Sept. 11, 2012 12:05 p.m.

photo of a woman working on light rail construction

A new report released this week by five public- and private-sector organizations brings to light the value of large-lot industrial sites to the Portland metropolitan region.

Data shows suburbs-to-Portland still dominant commute

By Nick Christensen

Sept. 6, 2012 4:02 p.m.

A new analysis of commuting data shows that the traditional model of commuting – people flocking from homes in the suburbs to jobs in Portland daily – is still dominant in the region.

Get rolling with the September 2012 Bike Commute Challenge

Aug. 31, 2012 12:47 p.m.

Join thousands of cyclists across the region to log your trips to work this month during the Bike Commute Challenge. The Bike Commute Challenge is a friendly competition between work sites to encourage people to bike to work. It’s easy, fun and free.

A commuting cure to I-5 rush hour: Vanpool it!

Aug. 24, 2012 10:30 a.m.

Eric Keerbs chooses to live outside of the Portland area, commuting more than 40 miles a day between his home and Swan Island where he works as an engineering manager at Daimler Trucks, North America. When traffic backs up on Interstate 5 – which it often does – Keerbs cruises by the others stuck in traffic. How? He is in the carpool lane at the wheel of a vanpool.

Sustainable business program offers courses in Gresham

Aug. 16, 2012 1:15 p.m.

Architects, educators, engineers and other developers from across the region will come together next week to kick start this year's Sustainable Business Advisor Program at Mt. Hood Community College.

Metro Council seeks more urban representatives on ODOT transportation panel

By Dylan Rivera

Aug. 15, 2012 4:02 p.m.

The Metro Council has urged the Oregon Department of Transportation to include more representatives of cities and other urban stakeholders on an interim committee the state plans to form to decide how to spend $65.6 million on projects across the Portland metropolitan region.

Portland and the region plan for an aging population

By Peggy Morell

Aug. 15, 2012 11:35 a.m.

The Portland region's 65 years and over age group will more than double from 2010 to 2030, becoming the largest percentage of the total population. In a region known for planning, any look to the future becomes a reflection of community values around older adults and aging.

Looking to get involved? Community members sought for Metro review committees

Aug. 10, 2012 2:30 p.m.

If you want to help engage residents on topics from transportation to parks or determine which community nature projects receive support, this is your chance. Metro is seeking volunteers to serve on the new Public Engagement Review Committee and the Nature in Neighborhoods Capital Grants Review committee.

Metro grants enhance TriMet’s trip-planning tools

Aug. 10, 2012 2 p.m.

More than 5.5 million trips were planned last year using TriMet’s tools. Thanks to new online trip planner, these tools just got better. Riders can now combine transit, biking, walking and car-sharing trips in a single itinerary.

Bus tour provides clear picture of Southwest Corridor study

By Nick Christensen

Aug. 9, 2012 2:25 p.m.

Wednesday night, planners and more than a dozen members of the Metro Policy Advisory Committee were offered a unique perspective on the Southwest Corridor – an on-the-ground look at what leaders from Tigard, King City, Sherwood and Tualatin think their cities need.

Counties release annual Metro supportive housing services fund reports