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Originally Posted by 2oh1
Portland has gotten so many things right that it's no wonder why our city is a national model for urban planning...
...but that highway is a heartbreaker.
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It really was and still is the major cause of sprawl in Portland, because the demolition of the highway on the west bank of the river, creating the Tom McCall park, meant only it's displacement to the east bank; Portland's downtown it's still as accessible by car as it was in the 1960's.
Portland is an urban-planning model in the country because thanks to the urban growth boundary it allowed to contain the sprawl, protecting the neighbouring landscape, and increasing the density in the suburbs, making them more suitable for alternative transport uses.
The building of a massive and effective (US standards) light rail system and revitalizing the downtown.
Portland has been very good in all that, but it still hasn't arrived to really stop people from moving to the suburbs, that's because its downtown it's still too accessible by car.
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