Governing, May 1, 1997, pp. 2024.
pass legislation requiring Metro or local
governments to make enough land avail-
4. Auditor's Office, City of Portland, Oregon, "City
able for development at marketable densi-
Slogan: `The City That Works,'" tinyurl.com/
3yf287.
ties to maintain a 20-year supply of land.
Similar legislation is currently being con-
5. U.S Census Bureau, 1990 Census, Table P107A
sidered by the California legislature.112
(median-family incomes) and Table H061A
· As suggested by University of Maryland
(median home values).
public policy professor Robert Nelson,
6. George M. Smerk, The Federal Role in Urban Mass
the state could also pass legislation giv-
Transportation (Bloomington: Indiana University
ing groups of homeowners and
Press, 1991), pp. 12021.
landowners the ability to opt out of local
7. Susan Brody, director, Department of Land
land-use planning and zoning by creat-
Conservation and Development, "Status of
ing a homeowners' or landowners' asso-
Transportation Planning Rule," memorandum to
ciation that writes its own plans and pro-
Governor Goldschmidt, July 31, 1989, p. 1,
tective covenants.113
tinyurl.com/3ey585.
· The state should also create a regional
8. 1000 Friends of Oregon, "Making the Connec-
tollroads authority that can sell bonds
tions: A Summary of the LUTRAQ Project," 1997,
backed to tolls to build highways to
pp. 810.
meet the demand as measured by
9. Land Conservation and Development Commis-
motorists' willingness to pay tolls that
People who want
sion, Transportation Planning Rule, Salem, OR:
are priced to minimize congestion.
LCDC, 1991-012-0035(4). A 1998 amendment re-
to see their
· The region should halt construction of
duced the 30-year goal to 15 percent, tinyurl.com/
regions remain
rail transit lines and other transporta-
2gyf4c.
tion projects that are not cost effective
livable should
10. Transportation Planning Rule, Land Conserva-
in relieving congestion.
tion and Development Commission, OAR 660-012-
look at Portland
· The legislature should eliminate or strict-
0045.
ly limit the ability of local governments
only as an
11. John W. Frece, "Twenty Lessons from Maryland's
use tax-increment financing. At the very
example of how
Smart Growth Initiative," Vermont Journal of Environ-
least, such financial support should be
mental Law 6 (20042005), tinyurl.com/8sj28.
not to plan.
provided to developers only if an area is so
blighted that no development would take
12. Nigel Jaquiss, "Who Knew: Long Before Neil
Goldschmidt's Secret Became Public, Many Influen-
place without initial financial support.
tial Oregonians Knew Something About It,"
Willamette Week, December 15, 2004, tinyurl.com/
Until these changes are made, cities outside
yoxcuy.
the Portland area should scrutinize Portland's
13. Jim Redden, "Neil's Network," Portland Tribune,
claims with skepticism. People who want to see
May 21, 2004, tinyurl.com/2lcesn.
their regions remain affordable, uncongested,
and livable should look at Portland only as an
14. Nick Budnick, "Power Connection: Kulongoski's
example of how not to plan.
Appointment for Powerful Investment Council Raises
Questions," Willamette Week, June 7, 2005, tinyurl.com/
29fmkx.
Notes
15. Redden, "Neil's Network."
1. William Yardley, "City That Loves Mass Transit
16. Bob Young, "Big Dog," Willamette Week, August 26,
Looks to the Sky for More," New York Times, January
1998, tinyurl.com/2n4gah.
29, 2007, p. A15, tinyurl.com/3byffn.
17. Jack Bogdanski, "You See This Sign?" Jack Bog's
2. Sayeeda Warsi, "Where the Car Is Not King,"
Blog, March 20, 2007, tinyurl.com/36v2j7.
BBC News, August 15, 2006, tinyurl.com/2mmku4.
3. Alan Ehrenhalt, "The Great Wall of Portland,"
18. Warsi.
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