Given any number of attempts, I could not have guessed that the station was built in 2015 and opened in 2021.

It looks like it's ready to fill up with suburban sprawl in the next decade, but the land use in the surrounding area until this point is insane.

(2018 vs 2025)

Wait actually

This is from the 1992 'Central City Developer's Handbook'

I was skimming the Portland '1972 Downtown Plan' to read up on the history of protected viewpoints, and...

I owe you an apology Portland planners and politicians of 55 years ago. I wasn't really familiar with your game.

The object has the same ID, 'CCSW72', as the 'Collins Circle' viewpoint, so it might be some extra feature to 'protect the view of the west hills', or it might have something to do with this 'view street', which mentions 'height limits along SW Jefferson'.

6 mile long rails to trails connecting Hillsboro, Cornelius, and Forest Grove west of Portland, currently in design and expected to start construction next summer.

I thought Oregon's current gas tax was 40 cents? Any idea where the extra 6 cents comes from? If it's accounted for elsewhere, the amendment might increase the total to 58 cents.

Before and after.

I don't know anything about Powell, but that project report implies that it is fully funded as well, and set for completion and transfer in 2029.

It's a bit of a mess, but here's the table, and I'll try to put graphs to it sometime later 😅

From the information now available—

You're probably thinking of the THAC0 trade— used to determine whether the tariffs 'hit' your retirement account.

The original bypass plan basically followed your route (not 217), except that it turned north at Cornelius Pass or 185th, which made a lot more sense when it was proposed forty years ago than it does today

The current plan does have the main span allowing up to 3 stories, to be fair, although I don't know the certainty / limitations of that. The result may not be quite as dense as the drawn rendering, but it's probably mostly down to planning by Albina Vision Trust and the city.

Two graphs from the staff presentation that tell the story of the problem here in Portland.

Actually here's better info from Dirk—