Renew and Rebuild America: Land use and Transit as Equal partners

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The extensions into the suburbs are the real test

Rail conference rides into region’s ‘living laboratory’

Rail-Volution participants gather to ponder future of transportation
By Jim Redden

The Lake Oswego Review, Oct 21, 2010

The Portland area’s mix of road, rail and bike systems was building livable communities and could be a guide for other cities across the country, Blumenauer told the conference during an opening speech at the downtown Hilton Hotel and Executive Tower.

“It’s happening everywhere as we renew and rebuild America,” said Oregon’s 3rd District congressman, who started the conference 16 years ago when he was on the Portland City Council.

But Gordon Price, former Vancouver, British Columbia, city councilor and director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, said the jury was still out on the success of the regional efforts, noting that TriMet’s MAX light-rail system had not yet sparked redevelopment projects in much of Gresham, Hillsboro and Beaverton.

“The extensions into the suburbs are the real test,” said Price, who also noted that residential development in Clark County, Wash., had relieved pressure for new homes in Portland in the past.

About 1,200 people from around the country registered for the conference. They include elected officials and transportation planners from other cities that are considering transit projects, including local versions of the Portland Streetcar.

“Portland is a living laboratory where people can come and experience what we are accomplishing,” Mayor Sam Adams told the gathering.

Among other things, Adams encouraged the attendees to try the streetcars that were built in Clackamas County by United Streetcars, the first American streetcar manufacturer in more than 50 years.

http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=128761189423494500

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Portland,Oregon- part and parcel of a region identified as "Ecotopia" in the work 'Nine Nations of America'.

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Portland,Oregon- part and parcel of a region identified as "Ecotopia" in the work 'Nine Nations of America'.

Sounds like an interesting book? north miami

Sometimes it does seem like we have different nations inside of the US. The very regressive nations with highest abortion rates and the more progressive ones, that realize an once of prvention goes a long way to making this a civilized society.