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Portland: A Model for National Transportation Policy?

May 28, 2009 /

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United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Washington Post columnist George Will have been locked in debate over transit. Will called LaHood the “Secretary of Behavior Modification” for his policies intended to reduce car use, citing Portland’s strong transit and land use planning measures as a model for the nation. In turn, the Secretary defended the policies in a National Press Club speech and “upped the ante” by suggesting the policies are “a way to coerce people out of their cars.”

by Wendell Cox

Full Story: http://www.newgeography.com/content/00818-portland-a-model-national-policy

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