Archive for the ‘Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail/Johnson Cr. Blvd.’ Category

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project meetings this week

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

A Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project meeting with the City of Milwaukie and two project open house events are coming up this week. Monthly Milwaukie Light Rail Meeting Mon. Feb. 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Bridge City Church 2816 SE Harrison St., Milwaukie. (Note: Due to third Monday being in close proximity to the [...]

Tacoma St. Park & Ride scales back; 32nd Ave. gets signal lights; Oct. 26th Q&A’s

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project planners announced at Thursday night Tacoma Street Station/Johnson Creek Blvd. meeting that theTacoma Street Station Park & Ride size was cut down to 800 cars spaces, and shaving off one story from the structure. The parking space and structure reduction may not relieve Johnson Creek Boulevard (JCB) from traffic volume and [...]

NDA approves proceeding with JCB tolling project exploration

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night voted 14-1 to proceed with exploration of the Johnson Creek Blvd. toll gantry pilot program that tolls traffic congestion. Metro Councilor and Ardenwald resident Carlotta Collette proposed the idea in January, which was published on Ardenwald.org (read proposal here). Collette discussed more on the topic at Tuesday’s [...]

JCB traffic update meeting Feb. 11

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

A follow-up meeting regarding S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd. traffic signals and calming will be on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 6:30-8:30 at Ardenwald Elementary School. TriMet, City of Milwaukie, City of Portland, and Oregon Department of Transportation will be at the meeting with updates regarding JCB traffic issues. More Information…

Transportation: PMLR CAC Jan. 21 Meeting Report

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Update from the CAC meeting, Jan. 21, 2010 The Milwaukie Portland Light Rail Citizens Advisory Committee meeting discussed a couple topics of importance to the AJC neighborhood notably a new traffic analysis (see links below). I expressed our concerns about the traffic signal changes as outlined in our letter. Neighborhood resident Linda Hattlelid made a [...]

Meeting agenda update: Discussion and vote on letter regarding JCB traffic control

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Ardenwald-Johnson Creek NDA will discuss the letter drafted by AJC NDA Transportation Chair, Michole Jensen, at the January 12th neighborhood meeting.  The letter outlines the Neighborhood’s position regarding the proposed traffic control changes for SE Johnson Creek Blvd.  A vote will follow the discussion. Read the letter by Michole Jensen, Transportation Chair Updated Meeting Agenda [...]

Tacoma Street station, JCB traffic follow-up meeting Monday

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

On Monday, October 26th, the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project is holding a second meeting regarding potential traffic impacts of the future SE Tacoma Blvd. light rail station and Park & Ride. Project staff will discuss the McLoughlin–Tacoma interchange and overall traffic impacts on SE Tacoma St. and SE Johnson Creek Boulevard. The meeting is from [...]

Transportation chair’s Oct. 15th CAC meeting report

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Ardenwald-Johnson Creek NDA Transportation chairman Michole Jensen’s has provided a report on October 15th’s light rail CAC meeting.  You can view his report at http://www.ardenwald.org/comm/trans/cac_091015. A follow Tacoma Street Station light rail meeting is on Monday, October 26th, 6:30 pm at Ardenwald Elementary School.

Monthly light rail project meeting Sept. 21

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The City of Milwaukie  monthly Portland-Milwaukie light rail project meeting is on Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Bridge City Church, 2816 SE Harrison St. in Milwaukie. Part of September 21st’s agenda includes the structure height along the Milwaukie Alignment and noise, concerns raised from residents in the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek [...]