Portland is a PR machine for light rail & streetcar
Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon
Automobiles / Roads / Highways
Energy / costs
The real blood for oil problem
Cars, transit and Energy Printable
Car Energy compared to Transit
Cars Costs 1/3 what transit costs (2005) Printable
THE PUBLIC COST OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. (Lcl)
How autos cleaned up the cities
Congestion
High Density Causes Congestion TriMet's Study
You Can Build Your Way Out Of Congestion
Wendell Cox: Mass transit does not reduce congestion
Cost Of Portland's Congestion Report
POLLS:
Portlanders Rate Congestion Relief More Important than Education; want roads, not transit
Most People Rate A Car Necessary
U.S. Government: Roads users pay more than their cost
Delucch: Transit’s higher external cost and subsidizes than cars
Road subsidies based on US DOT data
Pew Charitable Trusts data shows cars=1.1 cent per mile subsidy
Users paid the full cost of roads + $17.3 billion, or 9.6%
Cars Improve Our Standard of Living
Millions of Road Dollars spent on Bikes-Peds-Transit
Millions of Road Dollars(flex funds) spent on Bikes-Peds-Transit (Lcl)
Subsidies/Externalities
Misc
Most Europeans drive - 78% of miles traveled is by car - Printable
Tolls Not Needed on Interstate Bridge Project
Driving, regional & Per Person
One-way Streets are SAFER than two way streets
Updated September 10, 2011