THE EVOLUTION OF AN URBAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSPORTATION DECISION SYSTEM: PORTLAND'S INVESTMENT IN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT

This case study analyzes the experience of the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area with the interstate substitution provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act, as amended. In deciding to build a $311 million Light Rail Transit System, the region had to hurdle a number of political, financial, and institutional obstacles. In the process of bringing the project to the construction stage, a major intergovernmental decision system was constructed de nove. The consequences of this process affected not only personal mobility in the urban area but land use, economic, and political values. The lessons of this experience underscore the need to treat such decisions as more than simply a grant seeking process and demonstrate the broad implications of large scale transportation improvements in metropolitan areas.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Agronomy
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Authors:
  • Edner, S M
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 81-96
• Serial:
  • Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Urban Affairs Association
  • ISSN: 0735-2166

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Central business districts; Environmental impacts; Finance; Financing; Land use; Light rail transit; Politics; Traffic restraint; Urban development
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384650
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM