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Screening committee sends Metro Council 17 projects for community planning and development grants

May 18, 2010 5 p.m.

A screening committee made up of independent experts has recommended that Metro fully or partially fund 17 projects that will support the development of sustainable, vibrant communities, safe and walkable neighborhoods, and local jobs throughout the region.

Gresham Civic Drive MAX station supports transit-oriented living

May 18, 2010 10:14 a.m.

The groundbreaking ceremony held May 17 for a new light rail station in the heart of the Gresham Civic Neighborhood marked the start of a construction timeline that will have the Civic Drive MAX station ready for passengers by the fall of this year. The long anticipated station is a key part of a larger vision for a vibrant transit- and pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.

Metro’s Bike There! celebration with inaugural media goldsprint challenge liven up National Bike Month

May 14, 2010 10:05 a.m.

Cyclists and area residents along with local media celebrities and journalists helped Metro celebrate National Bike Month and the release of its new Bike There! map on Thursday afternoon.

Two Metro councilors receive transportation awards

May 12, 2010 9:55 a.m.

Metro councilors Carlotta Collette and Kathryn Harrington have been honored with Woman of the Year awards by the Portland Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar. The group cited their leadership and hard work toward achieving agreement on the region's urban and rural reserves process.

New Town Center Station generates excitement – and jobs – in Clackamas County

May 11, 2010 4:39 p.m.

When the recently completed Town Center Station residential development officially opened in Happy Valley on May 4, it brought with it a new vision of affordable, urban living to an area most often identified with a regional shopping mall and Interstate 205.

Metro Council approves natural areas partnerships

May 10, 2010 3:55 p.m.

As Metro councilors collaborate on a regional movement to create a world-class network of parks, trails and natural areas known as The Intertwine, they also signed off on two partnerships designed to make that vision a reality.

Town planning expert to speak on centers and corridors at May series

May 7, 2010 11:45 a.m.

Internationally known town planner Andres Duany, co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, will speak as part of an upcoming discussion series in Portland, "Growing the greatest places: New strategies and tools to regenerate the centers and corridors." Duany will speak May 12 to May 14 at four events, at Metro and other locations around Portland.

Go behind the scenes of Metro’s Bike There! map

May 7, 2010 10:43 a.m.

Visitors check out Metro's newest Bike There! map. Metro's Bike There! map has a long legacy stretching back, not decades, but more than a century. On Thursday, May 6, Metro Senior Transportation Planner Matthew Hampton took visitors behind the scenes of the Bike There! map which has its roots in the first bicycle map ever produced in the region. The year was in 1896.

Cleanup at Willamette Cove reaches milestone

Metro celebrates boulevard improvements in Oregon City

Screening committee sends Metro Council 17 projects for community planning and development grants

Gresham Civic Drive MAX station supports transit-oriented living

Metro’s Bike There! celebration with inaugural media goldsprint challenge liven up National Bike Month

MPAC wrestles with how to plan urban reserves

Transportation efficiencies approved to save drivers time

Growing the 'Greatest Places': A discussion with Andres Duany

Two Metro councilors receive transportation awards

New Town Center Station generates excitement – and jobs – in Clackamas County

National Travel and Tourism Week is May 10-14, 2010

Metro Council approves natural areas partnerships

Citizens give guidance to region's transportation investments

Town planning expert to speak on centers and corridors at May series

Go behind the scenes of Metro’s Bike There! map

Affordable, transit-oriented urban living comes to Clackamas County