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Powell-Division transit project starts conversation on safety and security

Dec. 22, 2014 9:14 a.m.

Powell-Division potential routes closeup

In January, Metro's Powell-Division Transit and Development Project begins a series of conversations exploring safety and security along the region's first bus rapid transit line. Anyone can participate.

Statement from Metro Council President Tom Hughes on the Climate Smart strategies adoption

By Tom Hughes

Dec. 19, 2014 4:11 p.m.

Our region definitely made history this week, adopting America's first regional set of strategies to combat climate change. The Metro Council voted unanimously Thursday to adopt the strategies, which will cut vehicle emissions to 29 percent below 2005 levels in the next 20 years.

Metro Council unanimously approves tailpipe emissions plan

By Nick Christensen

Dec. 18, 2014 5:26 p.m.

Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington plans out a bike route

What Metro found, while studying the mandate, was that simply building out locally-adopted land use and transportation plans would exceed that 20 percent mandate. Basically, plans already on the books would achieve the goals.

It's Our Nature: Sign up for year-long outdoor immersion series for adults

Dec. 16, 2014 4:11 p.m.

Starting in March, a group of adults will immerse themselves in the region's natural areas and learn about topics including geology, animal tracking, birding and ethnobotany.

Groundbreaking celebrates new Transit-Oriented Development in North Portland's Kenton neighborhood

By Jennifer Park

Dec. 16, 2014 11:15 a.m.

Groundbreaking celebrates transit-oriented development project in Kenton

Golden shovels ceremonially broke ground on a new transit-oriented development project in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood last week, bringing to life a vision born a decade ago.

Metro Central Enhancement Committee announces winners of annual grant funds

By Jennifer Park

Dec. 12, 2014 11:31 a.m.

Metro Central Enhancement Grant program boundary map

The Metro Central Enhancement Committee presented to the Metro Council the organizations selected to receive $114,787 in grant funds for community support and improvements in neighborhoods impacted by their proximity to the Metro Central Transfer Station.

Temporary Better Block project inspires permanent fixes in Portland's Old Town

Dec. 12, 2014 9:45 a.m.

Better Block PDX's Boris Kaganovich with Mayor Charlie Hales

Two months after Better Block PDX, with support from Metro's Regional Travel Options program, reimagined Third Ave. in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood with safety improvements that prioritized pedestrians and cyclists, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has announced that it has allocated $10,000 to make some of the improvements permanent.

Workshop highlights measuring values in transportation planning

By Craig Beebe

Dec. 11, 2014 4:58 p.m.

Planning should pay closer attention to those outcomes, veteran Bay Area transportation planner Dave Vautin told an audience of around 60 planners, health professionals, advocates and elected officials at Metro last week. In fact, Vautin said, planning should use those outcomes to directly guide decisions.

New agreements secure public access to Willamette Falls

By Yuxing Zheng

Dec. 11, 2014 3:22 p.m.

The agreements allow Metro and its partners in the Willamette Falls Legacy Project to continue moving forward with plans for a public riverwalk along the Willamette River at the former Blue Heron paper mill site in downtown Oregon City.

MPAC and JPACT both endorse Climate Smart plan – with changes

By Nick Christensen

Dec. 11, 2014 11:29 a.m.

Two key advisory committees recommended approval of the region's tailpipe emissions reduction plan this week, but not without suggested changes to parts of the strategy.

Glendoveer raises national profile with popular Nike Cross Nationals race course

By Yuxing Zheng

Dec. 8, 2014 7:02 p.m.

The thunderous, booming roar that raced down the green fields at Metro’s Glendoveer Golf and Tennis Center came from 400 of the country’s fastest high school runners, who were vying to be crowned national champions at the Nike Cross Nationals.

Changes complicate Packy's TB treatment, shed light on elephant aging

By Craig Beebe

Dec. 8, 2014 3:30 p.m.

At 52 years old, as the oldest male Asian elephant on the continent, Packy is teaching us yet another thing about elephants: what happens when they age. Erratic musth cycles are now complicating his treatment for tuberculosis, but reveal yet more about elephants' life cycles.

ODOT releases Transportation Options Plan for public review and comment

Dec. 8, 2014 12:24 p.m.

Over the past year the Oregon Department of Transportation, in collaboration with local jurisdictions and partners, has compiled the state’s first Transportation Options Plan. The Oregon Transportation Commission has released the draft plan for public review and comment through Jan. 30, 2015.

Metro Council puts greater emphasis on available landfill capacity for future solid waste decisions

Dec. 5, 2014 2:57 p.m.

The Metro Council on Thursday directed its staff to come up with a policy that evaluates the capacity of landfills available to this region to guide decisions about where the region’s waste should be sent.

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