Portland is a PR machine for light rail & streetcar

Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon          

“It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost IS the benefit.” - author unknown

Did You Know?

• Why Americans Don’t Ride Transit
• Reasons to End Transit Subsidies
• Cars Beat Transit for, CO2, Cost, Time & Convenience
• Cars Improve Our Standard of Living
• Transit costs more than driving cars.
• Transit is MORE subsidized than cars
• Transit uses more energy than cars.
• Even big city transit DOES NOT save energy
• Transit commutes take much longer than driving
• Transit reaches only 30% of jobs in 90 minutes!
• MAX system time chart (24 min City to Gateway)
• Bus is faster than MAX! (a lot faster!)
• Light rail costs more than buses
• Portland light rail actually costs $1.61/passenger-mile
• Portland light rail costs including local matching dollars
• Pickrell Report -Analysis of Rail Cost Over-runs (8 meg pdf)
• Transit has been losing market share for 100 years
• Portland Transit Market Share drops 25% since 1982
• After $Billions, Portland Transit share NOT INCREASING
• Light Rail Causes Crime
• AAA Cost of  Driving = 57¢/mile = 37¢/passenger-mile = 25¢/passenger-mile for the rest of us (2008/2010)
• Government data shows cars cost  16.5cents/passenger-mile
• Portland Votes Against Density Increase
• Cost over-runs
• Randal O’Toole explains the Transit-Industrial Complex
• High Density IS NOT sustainable  (Local)

• Facts About Sprawl  (Critiquing Sprawl’s Critics) (lcl)
• Survey: cars most needed of all “goods and services.”
• Driving is easier than transit for elderly
• High density causes congestion
• High density costs more than low density
• High Density REDUCES social interaction
• Road Diets; Complete Streets    Traffic Calming
• no correlation between urban form and obesity    (local)
• Disincentives to the Automobile    O’Toole’s comments
• How Close Are We To Running Out of Land?

                             MISC

• World Population NOT careening out of  control
• We are not Running our of Stuff (or energy!)
• New York Times: Recycling doesn’t work   2nd source
• The great recycling myth
• Household Recycling is State-Endorsed Slavery
• The Real Agenda 21          Review of implementation
• Peak Oil
• Failed Predictions

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
• How Planners pretend to get public input (from CRC)
• Portland DID NOT just remove a freeway for a park.

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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

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If you cannot find a file that used to be here: it is still here! Try replacing all of the capital letters with lower case letters or try the search box.     public policy have not made land scarce enough   

More

• Bicycles are 3-10 times more deadly than cars
• Supreme Court: CRC is really a Light Rail Project
• Former Metro Planning Director: Planners are Fascists
• Planners are wrong about most things  
• Zoning Increases Housing Cost
• Density Will Not Make Housing Affordable
• Portland Corruption
• Planning Caused the Housing Bubble      Charts
• Portland’s planning has doubled the cost of housing
• Why Metropolitan Planning Doesn't Work
• One-way Streets are SAFER than two way streets
• Urban Renewall takes money from 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
• Some Observations on Transportation Policy (common planning errors)
• Electric Power Sources For Northwest
• How Close Are We To Running Out of Land?  
• public policy have not made land scarce enough
• Traffic Calming Kills People
• Portland  City Auditor:Traffic calming delays Fire Department
• Sports teams DO NOT help cities
• Portland Schools Have Problems
• The Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission monitors the financial affairs of local governments in the county

City Planners are Killing Us!

• Speed Bumps Kill MORE People Than They Save  More

HIGH DENSITY has high disease rates     More  Update

Studies: Transit Spreads Disease

• Transit may increase infections 6X    Another study   MORE  More
• New York Times: All of those people, in such a small space, appear to have helped the virus spread rapidly through packed subway trains, busy playgrounds and hivelike apartment buildings,

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Updated January 1, 2021