Urban decision making for transportation investments: Portland's light-rail transit system. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6515759

Edner, S M; Arrington, G B

This report is a detailed case study of the various decisions which led to the investment in Portland, Oregon's light-rail transit system. The study reviews the alternatives that were considered, the factors that led to the choices made, and the impacts and secondary effects the choices triggered. Topics discussed include the withdrawal of the Mount Hood Freeway, the substitution of transit and the options considered, the changing political infrastructure that affected decision making, citizen participation in the process, financing of the system, involvement of the private sector downtown, and the actual building of the light-rail line. The report should be of special interest to staffs of local officials involved in making major transportation investment decisions.

• Research Organization: Portland State Univ., OR (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6515759
• Report Number(s): PB-87-170163/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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