The thirteen-year look-back tells a story of lies and half truths that is still going on.
Why does it matter what Metro was planning in the 1990s? Because the philosophies about density and transportation have not changed; we are well on our way to achieving the Metro 2040 Plan for the Portland Region. Past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior.
Why does it matter what Metro was planning in the 1990s? Because the philosophies about density and transportation have not changed; we are well on our way to achieving the Metro 2040 Plan for the Portland Region. Past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior.
Stop Metro:
Turning Portland Into Los Angeles
The Metro 2040 plan calls for increasing the Portland area's population density by 75 percent in the next fifty years. Question: What U.S. urban area has the highest populatiokn density? Answer: Los Angeles.
The Metro 2040 plan calls for building minimal new freeways and other highways in the Portland area. Question: What urban area has the lowest number of miles of freeway per person in the U.S.? Answer: Los Angeles.
The Metro 2040 plan calls for building an expensive light-rail network. Question: What urban area is building the most expensive light-rail system in the U.S.? Answer: Los Angeles.
How can Los Angeles be Metro's goal for Portland? The answer is that Metro has fooled itself into thinking that the very things that make Los Angeles so congested and polluted will somehow make Portland more livable.
Portlanders agree that the last thing they want is for Portland to become like Los Angeles. Question: What urban area does Metro say that it "desires to replicate"? Answer: LOS ANGELES.
How can Los Angeles be Metro's goal for Portland? The answer is that Metro has fooled itself into thinking that the very things that make Los Angeles so congested and polluted will somehow make Portland more livable.
Despite Metro's claims that the 2040 plan will maintain Portland's livability, its true attitudes are expressed in a number of documents that have not received broad public review. In a review of
statistics titled Metro Measured, Metro planners compare Portland with 50 other major urban areas.
The document notes that in "the LA region, we find high densities and low per capita road and freeway mileage." Metro goes on to say that "In public discussions we gather the general impression that Los Angeles represents a future to be avoided." Yet, says Metro, "with respect to density and road per capita mileage it displays an investment pattern we desire to replicate." (Emphasis added)
The Metro 2040 plan calls for building minimal new freeways and other highways in the Portland area. Question: What urban area has the lowest number of miles of freeway per person in the U.S.? Answer: Los Angeles.
The Metro 2040 plan calls for building an expensive light-rail network. Question: What urban area is building the most expensive light-rail system in the U.S.? Answer: Los Angeles.
How can Los Angeles be Metro's goal for Portland? The answer is that Metro has fooled itself into thinking that the very things that make Los Angeles so congested and polluted will somehow make Portland more livable.
Portlanders agree that the last thing they want is for Portland to become like Los Angeles. Question: What urban area does Metro say that it "desires to replicate"? Answer: LOS ANGELES.
How can Los Angeles be Metro's goal for Portland? The answer is that Metro has fooled itself into thinking that the very things that make Los Angeles so congested and polluted will somehow make Portland more livable.
Despite Metro's claims that the 2040 plan will maintain Portland's livability, its true attitudes are expressed in a number of documents that have not received broad public review. In a review of
statistics titled Metro Measured, Metro planners compare Portland with 50 other major urban areas.
The document notes that in "the LA region, we find high densities and low per capita road and freeway mileage." Metro goes on to say that "In public discussions we gather the general impression that Los Angeles represents a future to be avoided." Yet, says Metro, "with respect to density and road per capita mileage it displays an investment pattern we desire to replicate." (Emphasis added)
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Take a few minutes to look at these two websites and see how far back the problems go, and how prescient the blogger was. What is next for us? What do we really want and what can we do?
www.stopmetro.com Metro's deception explained.
www.saveportland.com
Newer site by same person www.debunkingportland.com
www.saveportland.com
Newer site by same person www.debunkingportland.com
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