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Portland is a PR machine for light rail & streetcar

Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon          

Planning

Planning

 

Nobel Economist: Planning Caused Housing Bubble
Nobel Economist, More

Planners are wrong about most things

Portland’s planning has doubled the cost of housing

High Density REDUCES socail interactions

High Density Requires Subsidies.

The Price of URBAN RENEWAL

Do People Like What Portland's Planners Do

Portland Votes Against Density Increase

(Portland Gives Millions in Development Subsidies)

List of Developer Subsidies

“Smart Growth” Causes Crime.

 

Growth Pays For Itself

Metro's scheme

How Bad Is Houston?

Vera's Portland The City That Shrinks

Should we Copy Europe?

A Vibrant Downtown

TODs fail to reduce congestion or driving

Driving, regional & Per Person

How Planners Trick You

Louvre Café Syndrome

Population is NOT Careening out of control

Condos by the Train Tracks

Must New Urbanism  BE Tied To Rail?

Secret Deals Key to Succesful Projects

 

Failed Portland Area Plans

 

Grand Projects

The Round

Cascade Station

The Pearl

South Waterfront

Portland area No. 6 in U.S. for bankruptcies  (lcl)

Minor Projects

“North Main Village,” city of Milwaukie

 

 

 

Solving Sprawl

 

What is sprawl?

What does sprawl look like?

ALTERNATIVES TO SMART GROWTH

Do People Like Density?

Portland Drives out a business, replaces it with $300-$600 per sq foot condos, outraging neighborhood

Portland Area Driving Increades, Vancoiver drives Less

POPULATION

 

US Census Population Projections

UN's Population Division

UN's projection to 2300

Portland’ Metro Wants to Replicate L.A.