Transportation

UPDATE: Our initial vote tally was incorrect. It’s been updated. In the last days of the special session, one more victory notch in the belt of Oregon’s environmental community. This afternoon, the House approved SB 1059, a bill that lowers greenhouse gas emissions from car and light trucks. The Oregon Environmental Council says the vote was...
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Update: 1000 Friends of Oregon and the Oregon Environmental Council released a joint statement praising the bill. Mary Kyle McCurdy, 1000 Friends of Oregon Policy Director says, “This victory will help create healthier, sustainable communities across Oregon. And it’s a major step for giving Oregonians better transportation choices.” “SB 1059 is a win-win for cities and towns across...
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The Senate is expected to vote this afternoon on SB 1059, a bill regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. Under the bill, state agencies will set greenhouse gas reduction targets for five metro areas in the state, Salem-Keizer, Eugene-Springfield, Bend, Medford and Corvallis. The Portland metro area is already covered by a similar...
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Here’s one part of the green agenda for the special session that’s moving along. SB 1059 which lowers greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks was approved today by the Ways and Means Committee. Next stop is the Senate Floor. This is what the bill does. Requires ODOT and the Department of Land Conservation to set...
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A bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks was approved this afternoon by the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee. But rather than going straight to the Senate floor, SB 1059 will be taking an unexpected detour.
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THURSDAY: Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 City Commissioners take another stab at trying to pass a 20-year bicycle plan for Portland. It calls for spending about $600 million to add another 700 miles of bike paths in the city. The goal is to get Portlanders to take 25% of their daily trips on their bicycles by...
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Work on the environment community’s agenda for the special session resumes Tuesday. The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee becomes the unofficial epicenter in the afternoon when it takes up two of the most important green bills of the session. Starting with….
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With Oregon on the verge of a big increase in electric vehicles, a new report is out with some ideas on how to make EV use grow even faster. This summer, Oregon will be one of four test markets for the EV Project, a plan to deploy 4,700 electric cars and more than 11,000 charging...
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Barring any surprises, it appears the Legislature has avoided dealing with LNG issues during the special session. Two bills dealing with LNG have been dropped from the calendar. One would have made things easier for LNG developers by speeding up part of the permitting process. The other would have made things harder, requiring the state...
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The Oregon League of Conservation Voters says its focusing on three environmental bills on the upcoming special session of the Legislature. They include a ban on BPA, a ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, and a plan to help Oregon’s largest metro communities reduce greenhouse gases.
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