Looks like Portland’s light-rail mafia has a new godfather. However, now they are calling it the “transportation mafia” because this godfather’s specialty is streetcars, not light rail.
But transportation mafia is wrong too, because it implies that the goal is transportation. That’s about as accurate as saying that the goal of the Sicilian mafia was better quality olive oil.
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So what should it be? The TOD mafia? The immobility mafia? The dense-thinkers mafia? Any of these names would be more accurate. But perhaps some of our noble commenters can think of even better names.
So what should [the name] be… [t]he immobility mafia?
The greater choice Mafia. The freedom brownshirts. What other widdle namie-names…hmmm…The Market fascists.
Yer a hoot Randal.
DS
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So what should [the name] be… [t]he immobility mafia?
The greater choice Mafia. The freedom brownshirts. What other widdle namie-names…hmmm…The Market fascists.
Yer a hoot Randal.
DS
It seems Dan has missed the point.
The mafia term is being applied because of the racketeering nature of these relationships. You see it all the time with large dollar public works projects. It’s a soft corruption of favors, inside information, and deferred rewards. Usually it’s wrapped in cuddly projects that fly under the radar. Willamette Week does a fine job exposing all the money trading hands that supposedly has no strings attached, right.
We have a similar organized group down here in Medford but rather than streetcars it’s just plain old road jobs and development land. Everybody’s helping everybody else get rich all at the expense of the taxpayers and road users. Those who cross these people pay a high price. I crossed them once and barely escaped with minor indignities.
Both groups are shameful and both should be exposed for the back room dealing cabals that they are.
Dan should at least recognize the mafia moniker was given by Willamette Week not Randal. What a hoot.
“The focus of his career has been livabilityâ€â€supporting local agriculture, bicycling and light rail. His work has helped save Portland from looking like Houston.”
Why do Portland planners continue to bash Houston? Is Houston not “livable”? If not, why is Houston more successful than Portland by almost any measure? Demographic data reveals that people prefer “unlivable” Houston.
Portland’s dictators should look to Houston as an example on how to build a thriving, yet affordable city.
Demographic data reveals that people prefer “unlivable†Houston.
Which “demographic data” are these? Population? Persons per household? Per capita income? Vehicle miles per capita?
DS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston
Houston is among the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas. The area grew 25.2 percent between the 1990 and 2000 censusesâ€â€adding more than 950,000 peopleâ€â€while the nation’s population increased 13.2 percent over the same period. From 2000 to 2030, the metropolitan area is projected by Woods & Poole Economics to rank sixth in the nation in population growthâ€â€adding 2.66 million people
Among the 10 most populous metropolitan areas in the US, Houston ranked first in employment growth rate and second in nominal employment growth.[14] In 2006, the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S. within the category of “Best Places for Business and Careers” by Forbes.[15]
I fail to see how demographic data show people ‘prefer’ HOU over PDX.
Are these ‘revealed’ preferences and how do we know HOU residents shunned/chose/moved from/prefer their city/heat indices/bugs over PDX?
PDX residents don’t seem to want their city to be like HOU**.
Come now. Surely we can do better.
DS
** http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1190269535251880.xml&coll=7