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	Portland, Oregon
		The Portland metropolitan area spans Multnomah and Washington counties and parts of Clackamas, Columbia, and Yamhill counties in Oregon, and Clark County in Washington, with a population of 2,016,357 as of July 2003, 5.2% more than the 2000 census figure for the area.
		Portland was the major port in the Pacific Northwest for much of the 19th century, until the 1890s when direct railroad access between the deep water harbor in Seattle and points east by way of Stampede Pass were built.
		Portland's Old Chinatown neighborhood is marked by a pair of lions at the corner of NW 4th and Burnside, and includes the district along the Willamette River between Burnside and Union Station.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/po/portland__oregon.html (3539 words)

	Metropolitan Area Express (Portland, Oregon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) is a light rail system in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.
		The simulated MAX car prop was built from a discarded TriMet articulated bus, which was extensively used to transport commuters between Portland and Westside suburbs until the 1998 extension of MAX Blue Line replaced the bus service.
		Jake Kasdan): the wealthy flmailed timber tycoon is directed by his flmailer to board the train with a three-digit number delivered to his pager while on his way to deliver his next payment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Express_(Portland,_Oregon) (869 words)

	Portland
		Portland is located in the northwestern corner of Oregon at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and is nestled between the Cascade mountain range to the east and the Coast Range to the west.
		Portland is approximately 175 miles south of Seattle and 640 miles north of San Francisco.
		Each of the counties in the metropolitan area is under the jurisdiction of a board of county commissioners.
	www.or-homes.com /portland.htm (565 words)

	Paper’s Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Spatial Reconfiguration of the Portland Metropolitan Area:
		As shown in Figure 3, the area of land in the subareas as a percentage of all land in the county is xx percent.
		The Portland Oregon metropolitan area has embarked on one of the most ambitious and comprehensive planning efforts in the United States, an effort to implement many of the principles of what is termed the new urbanism.
	www.urban.uiuc.edu /projects/portland/gerritpaper/ASCE-402.htm (3911 words)

	CarsonEssays
		The Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area, where the states of Washington and Oregon are separated by the mighty Columbia River, is a planning house divided.
		The Portland area urban growth boundary was established in 1979 and Clark County in 1994.
		First, it shows that the Portland metropolitan area's density is one of the lowest among West Coast "Metropolitan Areas." Second, a comparison of the counties in the official 2000 Census Portland-Salem-Vancouver "Metropolitan Statistical Area" category shows that Clark is the third most dense out of the seven listed counties.
	carsonessays.homestead.com /27.html (962 words)

	Myths and Realities of the Two Oregons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Approximately 47 percent of the inmate population of state correctional facilities is from the Portland metropolitan area, only slightly higher than the region's 45 percent share of the state population.
		The Portland area accounts for about 37 percent of the state's reported child abuse cases; Reported child abuse is about 15 percent higher outside the Portland metropolitan area.
		Metropolitan Portland's economic health has to be more than a condition to be envied; for non-metro Oregon, the Portland area economy is, in effect, the golden goose that pays most of the cost of state government, and also, now, local schools.
	www.impresaconsulting.com /2Oregons.htm (3009 words)

	Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The "suburbs" in each metropolitan area are defined as the metropolitan area total less the sum of data for all the central cities for which data are available.
		At the metropolitan level, particularly for isolated metropolitan areas such as Pittsburgh and Portland, there is likely to be a close association between job growth and employment growth, despite the fact that one is defined by place of work (jobs) and one by place of residence (employment).
		Although both areas followed the national pattern of higher poverty rates in 1989 than in 1969, the increases were greater in Pittsburgh and its metropolitan area than in Portland and its metropolitan area (table 6).
	www.huduser.org /Periodicals/ushmc/fall98/summary-2.html (2143 words)

	Brookings: Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Portland is among the fastest growing regions included in our analysis, with total employment growth in the 1990s of 3.4% annually, and manufacturing growth of 2.5% annually.
		Portland ranks relatively low in patenting and patent intensity (patents per 10,000 manufacturing workers), but its patent rate is growing faster than the average of all our high tech metropolitan areas.
		This profile was prepared by Joseph Cortright and Heike Mayer of the Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies as part of their study "High Tech Specialization: A Comparison of Metropolitan High Technology Centers".
	www.brook.edu /ES/urban/cortright/portland.htm (315 words)

	Portland's Metropolitan Area eXpress (MAX)
		The Washington Park station under Portland's West hills is the deepest mass transit station in North America at 260 feet underground.
		Portland, like most cities, is hard to get into and out of, and is expensive to park in.
		A friend of mine who lived in Vancouver used to take 205 into Portland, park at Gateway (for free) and then ride the train into town for her job.
	www.sireneinternet.net /pstran/max (350 words)

	CarsonEssays
		Overshadowed by the recent [federal] forest conference was another gathering that may have a far greater environmental effect on the Portland metropolitan area the Greenspaces summit.
		Today only 8 percent of the natural areas and open space in the tri-county area are in public ownership, which means 92 percent are privately held and can be developed.
		In the next 20 years, the Portland metropolitan area's population is expected to increase by 50 percent.
	carsonessays.homestead.com /63.html (652 words)

	Oregon Fiscal Flow Analysis Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the largest area of state expenditure, financial support for K-12 education, we estimate that the Portland area contributes nearly $1.1 billion annually in tax payments and lottery proceeds, and receives slightly more than $815 million in state payments to schools.
		In fact, while the scale of the outflow from the metropolitan area is higher than it has ever been, the pattern of consistent fiscal flows from the Portland area to the rest of the state is well established.
		This report defines the Portland metropolitan area as the five counties in the Oregon portion of the federally-designated Metropolitan Statistical Area: Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill.
	www.impresaconsulting.com /fiscsm.htm (1262 words)

	Map: Portland Metropolitan Area Potential Natural Areas, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Discrete natural areas were then identified and these units were ranked and characterized based on parameters and characteristics as defined by Metro.
		This score is reflected on this map for privately owned natural areas within the UGB where natural areas with a score above the mean value are indicated as primary natural areas and those with a score below the mean value are indicated as secondary natural areas.
		Those areas identified on this map as secondary are only less significant than those which are identified as primary natural areas in the context of the parameters used to evaluate them.
	www.inforain.org /maparchive/portland_natural_areas.htm (190 words)

	U.S. Housing Market Conditions, Second Quarter 2002: National Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Portland metropolitan area’s emergence during the past 10 years as one of the Nation’s high-technology centers has made it susceptible to changes in demand in the semiconductor industry.
		To create more areas for development, Portland’s Metro Regional government is likely to implement a proposed 17,300-acre expansion of the region’s urban growth boundary, most of which will be located to the east and southeast of the metropolitan area in the Gresham, Oregon City, and Damascus communities.
		Concessions are becoming more common as the market softens, especially in the southern portion of the metropolitan area, where the apartment vacancy rate, as of the second quarter, exceeded 9 percent.
	www.huduser.org /Periodicals/ushmc/summer02/wa.html (663 words)

	Earthquake Scenario and Probabilistic Ground Shaking Maps for the Portland, Oregon, Metropolitan Area
		Although the Portland Hills fault may extend for a total distance of 62 km (Figure 2), the modeled plane was assumed to coincide with the mapped trace of the fault, because this portion of the fault is the most likely site of past ruptures, based on its geomorphic expression.
		The highest peak values are in the Portland Hills because of the contributions to the probabilistic hazard from the Portland Hills and Oatfield faults.
		The purpose of this study was to quantify the earthquake ground shaking that might be experienced in the Portland metropolitan area in terms of both possible events and probabilities.
	nwdata.geol.pdx.edu /DOGAMI/IMS-16/Text/IMS-16-CD-TEXT.html (7234 words)

	Railway Age: LRT helps reshape a city - Portland's Metropolitan Area Express light-rail transit system
		Portland's light rail project had its origin in a mid-1970s public rejection of additional urban freeways.
		By 1975 a concept of "transitways" as a freeway alternative had emerged, and a year later the region's highest priority was given to the development of a Banfield Transitway serving the rapidly growing urban area east of downtown Portland to Gresham.
		Tri-Met paved all 34 blocks of its downtown Portland trackage with Belgian block paving stones salvaged by the city in street reconstruction projects.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n2_v191/ai_8626037 (1374 words)

	Portland Area Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Portland, Oregon, also known as the City of Roses, is populated by friendly people and surrounded by breathtaking beauty.
		The Portland metropolitan area is located in the northwestern corner of Oregon at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
		There are numerous things to do in and around the Portland metropolitan area, including arts and cultural events, festivals, sports and recreation, shopping and more.
	www.uscg.mil /D13/units/msoportland/group/staportland/Portland.html (129 words)

	Aaccessmaps.com presents information about Portland Area
		Location: The metropolitan area is made up of six counties: Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill.
		Portland, founded in 1851 was part of a 640-acre claim owned by Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove.
		Portland metropolitan area leads the country in light-rail development and boasts the best transit system in the U.S. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met): 4012 SE 17th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202.
	www.aaccessmaps.com /show/info/portlandarea (415 words)

	Amazing Planning Facts
		So one would assume that, after 25 years of statewide land use planning and urban growth boundaries in Oregon, that the Portland metropolitan area would have achieved a higher density than most other metropolitan areas around the country.
		The "State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98," put out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, gives densities for metropolitan counties (MSA=metropolitan statistical areas).
		We in the Portland metropolitan area don't want to be portrayed as the Potemkin Village of urban planning or Smart Growth.
	www.utah-apa.org /newsletter/Sep00/sep08.00.htm (280 words)

	Relative Earthquake Hazard Maps for Selected Urban Areas in Western Oregon Dallas
		Sheet 2 Earthquake scenario ground shaking map for the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area, Portland Hills fault M 6.8 earthquake, 1.0 sec spectral acceleration at the ground surface (m68_1hz)
		Sheet 4 Earthquake scenario ground shaking map for the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area, Cascadia subduction zone M 9.0 earthquake, 0.2 sec horizontal spectral acceleration at the ground surface (m90_5hz)
		Sheet 5 Earthquake scenario ground shaking map for the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area, Cascadia subduction zone M 9.0 earthquake, 1.0 sec horizontal spectral acceleration at the ground surface (m90_1hz)
	nwdata.geol.pdx.edu /DOGAMI/IMS-16 (838 words)

	Table of contents for The Portland edge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Portland Edge in Context Heike Mayer and John Provo Chapter 2.
		Density and Livability in the Portland Metropolitan Area Nancy Chapman and Hollie Lund Chapter 11.
		The Evolution of Transportation Planning in the Portland Metropolitan Area Sy Adler and Jennifer Dill Chapter 12.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004012458.html (295 words)

	1434-HQ-97-GR-03159
		This is a collaborative project between Metro (a regional government for the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area) and Spangle Associates (a planning consulting firm in California) for Phase II of a project funded by the USGS in FY 1994 (USGS 1434-94-G-2448).
		The maps, prepared for each quadrangle in the Portland metropolitan region, include maps of three individual earthquake hazards: liquefaction, landslides, and ground motion amplification as well as a composite map combining information from the other three.
		This is a collaborative project with Metro, the regional government for the Portland metropolitan area to produce a guidebook for local governments on the use of earthquake hazard maps prepared for each quadrangle in the region with support by USGS.
	www.geocities.com /vle176/g3110.htm (2144 words)

	VeriLAN Broadcasts Free Wireless in Portland Metropolitan Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Portland, OR – October 20, 2004 – VeriLAN, Inc., an Oregon-based wireless solutions provider, today announced free Wi-Fi service to anyone in Portland.
		The new wireless (802.11b) service is limited to 56Kbps speeds, but it’s available to anyone over a broad service area broadcast from the towers in the west hills of Portland or the downtown Vivato antenna for extended mobility.
		Businesses in the Portland area can have guaranteed bandwidth up to 24Mbps with guaranteed quality of service over a secure link at a lower cost than existing solutions.
	www.verilan.com /news/free_56.shtml (667 words)

	Relating to traffic mobility in the Portland metropolitan area. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Relating to traffic mobility in the Portland metropolitan area.
		Establishes Portland Mobility Task Force to study loop formed by Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 and make recommendations for improvements.
		{ + (1) The Portland Mobility Task Force is established for the purpose of studying ways of properly and adequately moving passenger and freight traffic on the freeway loop formed by Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 and making recommendations for improvements to: (a) The Oregon Transportation Commission; (b) The Department of Transportation; and (c) Metro.
	www.leg.state.or.us /03reg/measures/sb0700.dir/sb0776.intro.html (322 words)

	Elaine Tan - Homes for sale in Portland, Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Hillsboro, West Linn, Tigard, Aloha, Wilsonville, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I specialize in residential and investment property in the Portland metropolitan area, including all areas in the City of Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Beaverton, Aloha, Hillsboro, Tigard, Tualatin, and Wilsonville.
		Be sure to explore the "Community Info/Links" as they have been carefully selected to provide useful information for both locals and out-of-towners interested in the Portland, Oregon area.
		With over 13 years of experience in the real estate industry plus 15 years in the areas of corporate marketing and business development, I have learned to become a good listener, an effective communicator and a strong negotiator.
	www.elainetan.com (397 words)

	Relating to Portland metropolitan area air quality maintenance plan; creating new provisions; amending ORS 468A.363; ...
		Relating to Portland metropolitan area air quality maintenance plan; creating new provisions; amending ORS 468A.363; and limiting expenditures.
		A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to Portland metropolitan area air quality maintenance plan; creating new provisions; amending ORS 468A.363; and limiting expenditures.
		The Legislative Assembly declares the purpose of ORS 468A.363, 468A.365, 468A.400 and 815.300 is to: (1) Insure that the health of citizens in the Portland area is not threatened by recurring air pollution conditions.
	www.leg.state.or.us /95reg/measures/hb3400.dir/hb3448.bmr.html (712 words)

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