Portland is a PR machine for light rail & streetcar
Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon
Did You Know?
- High density causes congestion
- High density costs more than low density
- High Density REDUCES social interaction
- Light Rail Cuses Crime
- Transit costs more than driving cars.
- Transit uses more energy than cars.
- Even big city transit DOES NOT save energy
- Transit commutes take much longer than driving
- MAX system time chart (24 min City to Gateway)
- Bus is faster than MAX! (a lot faster!)
- Light rail costs more than buses
- Pickrell Report -Analysis of Rail Cost Over-runs (8 meg pdf)
- Transit is MORE subsidized than cars
- Survey: cars most needed of all “goods and services.”
- Driving is easier than transit for elderly
- Transit has been losing market share for 100 years
- After $Billions, Portland Transit share NOT INCREASING
- Portland’s plan for transit: Disincentives to the Automobile
- Sports teams DO NOT help cities
- World Population NOT careening out of control
Some Portland Facts
- Portland’s South Waterfront UR distict is broke
- Portland is taking money from basic services to build showcase developments.
- Portland’s bike riding US rep drives a SUV
- Portland housing costs double what is should
- Portland driving increased more than Vancouver WA
- Portlanders voted against high density.
- Downtown Portland is losing jobs
- Portland builds projects with backroom deals
- Portland DID NOT just remove a freeway for a park.
You will find all this and more here. Most assertions have links back to credible data sources so you know we are telling the truth
Updated July 9, 2010
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Complete Columbia River Crossing Project 836 page DEIS & Appendix in one pdf file (95 meg) ;
Technical Reports: 125 files in 406 MEG zip (5000 pages)
Complete Milwaukie Light Rail Project 402 page SDEIS in one pdf file (45meg) ; 196 page Appendix in one pdf file (16meg)
Coming Soon:
High density increases pollution
UGB increases housing cost.
Portland’s Pearl district is subsidized
Portland transit is losing market share to cars.
More
- Planners are wrong about most things
- Planning Caused the Housing Bubble
- Portland’s planning has doubled the cost of housing
- One-way Streets are SAFER than two way streets
- Urban Renewall takes money form police, schools
- Fuel efficency standards kill thousands each year
- You can build your way out of congetion
- Basic education on the real world
- Some Data Sources