From laura.buhl at state.or.us Fri Jun 13 13:44:40 2014 From: laura.buhl at state.or.us (Buhl, Laura) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:44:40 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News - June 13, 2014 Message-ID: Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe, or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news. ________________________________ Here is how to make mass transit in the US financially sustainable Quartz Over the past half century, US transit under public ownership has seen an enormous and growing per passenger subsidy. The debate over the merits ... Eric Garcetti endorses funding mass transit with cap-and-trade revenue Los Angeles Times L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti voices support for a plan that would invest California's cap-and-trade revenue in mass transit and affordable housing. SF supervisors may defy mayor on transit funding measure San Francisco Examiner San Francisco likes to bill itself as a transit-first city, and it could have the ... public-transit capital needs and bicycle safety-focused street projects. The Rise of Private 'Luxury' Mass Transit Buses CityLab If you ride a public bus with any regularity, you know all the common complaints. It's not very clean and it's very, very crowded. It stops so often you can ... What Will New, High-Tech Bus Service Bridj Mean for Public Transit? Next City Full disclosure: I am a huge fan of public transit. I love the widespread affordability, the environmental sustainability, the passenger diversity. So when I ... Video: A walk on Portland's Tilikum Crossing for 'meet in the middle' bridge ceremony The Oregonian "The long-anticipated connection of the Tilikum Bridge, Bridge of the People occurs on Friday, June 6," Oregon's largest transit agency said. In reality ... David Sarasohn: Portland City Council's street fee follies The Oregonian This is partly but not entirely the problem; as Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio, a senior member of the House Transportation Committee, points out, the ... EPA reinstates pesticide buffer areas to protect salmon The Spokesman Review The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to temporarily restore ... along salmon-bearing streams in Oregon, California and Washington. CTUIR begins to buy back lost land Wallowa County Cheiftain It allots $1.9 billion for tribal governments to purchase these fractionated lands from the many owners and place them in trust to use for the benefit of ... Madras sidewalk construction should be done by end of July Bend Bulletin The south end of Madras is getting a new look, with the city and the Oregon Department of Transportation teaming up to fill in gaps in the sidewalks ... Study examines racial bias at crosswalks Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium In a pilot study funded by the NITC Small Starts program, researchers explored whether drivers behave differently toward pedestrians waiting to use a crosswalk based on the pedestrian's race. The study - the first examining the effects of race on pedestrian crossing experiences - found that black pedestrians were passed by twice as many cars and waited nearly a third longer to cross than white pedestrians. EPA Announces $1.55 million in Brownfields support for Oregon communities Tillamook Headlight Herald Five re-development projects in Oregon will receive a total of $1.55 million in Brownfields funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. With Columbia River crossing in the grave, bi-state bridge coalition claims it's ready to step up The Oregonian It has no money, no plan and little in the way of political support. Lawmakers discuss new bridge effort The Columbian - Rep. Pike says bistate coalition looking to rebuild relationships- A group of state lawmakers from Washington and Oregon met in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver on Wednesday to discuss a new Columbia River bridge. DEQ officials clarify Intel agreement Portland Tribune On Thursday evening, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality officials heard nearly three hours of questions and comments from the public about Intel's air quality and permitting violations as well as the $143,000 fine levied against the Hillsboro semiconductor manufacturer. Intel begins talks to extend Oregon property tax breaks potentially worth more than $1 billion The Oregonian Intel has quietly begun talks with local governments on a new package of property tax exemptions that could be worth more than $1 billion to the company over several years. LUBA decision postponed to June 23 Chinook Observer The Land Use Board of Appeals requested a two-week extension for considering the merits of an appeal made by Oregon LNG, which was denied a ... Portland-area population could jump by 725000 in 20 years, Metro forecasts The Oregonian This forecast might be at the foundation of next year's assessment of the Urban Growth Boundary expansion. The process allows the regional ... Investment firm increases land buys Capital Press Most recently, in early June, the Gladstone Farm Corp. bought two blueberry farms on 200 acres in Oregon's Columbia County. With this purchase, the ... Two Bulls Fire hits planned 'Skyline Forest' Wallowa County Cheiftain Like all of Central Oregon, the Deschutes Land Trust has continued to watch with concern as the Two Bulls Fire races through private property west of ... Oregon Lavender Farm prepares for annual lavender festival as Clackamas County releases ... The Oregonian The 90-acre farm in Oregon City is praised by neighbors and local politicians, but is caught in a land-use quandry that could compromise Dierking's ... ODOT postpones road construction projects due to federal funding uncertainty The Oregonian The Oregon Department of Transportation has decided to postpone road improvement projects due to federal funding uncertainty. (Michal Thompson ... Rep. Peter DeFazio: Replace federal gas tax with per-barrel tax on oil companies The Oregonian Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio on Wednesday unveiled his latest proposal for ending the long deadlock over federal transportation spending: replacing ... Washington County voters split on vehicle-registration fee, county survey finds The Oregonian ... to be at least double that of the local gas tax because half of the proceeds usually got to the Oregon Department of Transportation, Roberts said. Port projects among 100 awaiting state review Portland Tribune The panel's recommendations will go to the Oregon Transportation Commission, which will conduct a public hearing in July and adopt priorities in ... Controversial Crude Oil And Coal Export Dock In Line For Oregon Subsidies Wallowa County Cheiftain The Oregon Transportation Commission will hold a public hearing on the recommended projects July 17 before voting on them in August. Sather project gets final wetlands permit, groundbreaking ceremony set for June 26 Corvallis Gazette Times The Oregon Department of State Lands issued a wetlands permit June 4 to Landmark Properties, an Athens, Ga., based development firm which is ... Plan to raze Howard Hall denied by city commission Salem Statesman Journal The city's historic landmarks commission has rejected Salem Hospital's proposal to demolish Howard Hall. Oregon Completes Controversial Sales of State-Owned Coastal Forestlands Jefferson Public Radio The finalized sales of 1,453 acres from a coastal state forest were announced Thursday by the Oregon Department of State Lands. The agency says it ... State eyes farmers' demands for water Eugene Register-Guard State water masters on Thursday were evaluating demands from farmers in a federal irrigation project and from the Klamath Tribes to enforce their senior water rights in drought-stricken Klamath County, the Oregon Water Resources Department said. Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A | Land Use & Transportation Planner Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050 laura.buhl at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: