Demographia

Portland (Oregon): Index

Trouble in Smart Growth's Nirvana: Planetizen Op-ed

Density Profiles Compared to Portland

Portland's Smart Growth Vote: Train Wreck in the Making (20020522)

Portland Briefs

Portland Traffic Congestion Rises Most of 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)

Smart Growth is No Growth 2: Portland CBD Employment Down: From the Heartland (20060706)
Portland Metropolitan Area: Nearly All Domestic Migration to Outside Urban Growth Boundary: 2000-2005 (20061110)
Portland Metropolitan Area: Migration Losses in Core: 2000-2004 (20060112)
Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Defying the Planner's Objectives (20051215)
Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Core Employment Share Down (20051215)

Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Core Population Share Down (20051215)
Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Walking Share Down (20051215)
Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Public Transport Share Down (20051215)
Portland: Setting the Record Straight: Traffic Volumes Up (20051215)
Census Data Shows "Smart Growth" Portland Had Worst Housing Affordability Loss: 1990 to 2000 (20050405)
Housing Affordability: USA Urban Areas Over 1,000,000: 1990 to 2000 (20050405)

3 Oregon Urban Areas Lose Most Housing Affordability Out of 350 Urban Areas (20050312)
Urban Area Housing Affordability Rankings: 2000 Census: Thoreau Institute (20050312)
Rental Car Tour of the World: Portland Presentatoin (20041218)
American Dream Boundaries: Comparing Portland & Atlanta (200106150)
Colorado Springs Sprawls Less than Portland (20040807)
Providence: Least Sprawling Metropolitan Area in the USA (20040807)

USA Urban Areas Ranked by Change in Traffic Congestion: 1986-2001 (20040214)
Portland's N.W. 23rd --- Not a Model (20031224)
Portland's Ballooning Urban Growth Boundary: A Chartbook (20031222)
Portland Expands Urban Growth Boundary to Above 2040 Plan Area (20031210)
Texas Transportation Institute Data: Traffic Trends Worse in Portland: The Public Purpose #72 (20031018)

Livability: The How-It-Never-Was Illusion: The Public Purpose #70 (20030818)
The Illusion of Transporation Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030706)
The Illusion of Transit Choice: Service for the Elites - The Public Purpose #68 (20030706)
The Solution for Portland: More and More Highways (20030610)
More and More Traffic: Reconciling Smart Growth and Traffic: The Public Purpose #63 (20030610)

The Public Purpose #56: Portland: Smart Growth Champion (20030312)
Trouble in Smart Growth's Nirvana: Portland Planetizen (20020702)
Hyper-Dense Areas in Europe and North America: Densities over 50,000/Sq.Mi. (20021205)
Portland Roadway Use Expands Despite Limitations on Freeway Expansion (20030108)
Portland & Phoenix Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)

Canada & Western USA Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Portland & Fresno Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Portland & San Jose Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Portland & Los Angeles Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)
Vancouver & Los Angeles Urban Areas: Core & Suburban Density Analysis (20030120)

Winnipeg and Census 2001: More Dense than Portland (20021204)
Answering Portland's Misleading Urban Growth Boundary Claim (20020927)
Portland, Phoenix & Los Angeles Density & Density Trends Compared (20020714)
Los Angeles More Dense than Portland in 2000 (20020714)
Phoenix More Dense than Portland in 2000 (20020714)

Oregon Housing Affordability Falls Most: 1990-2000 (20011201)
Urban Form & Transport in the US: International Perspective (20011210)
Smart Growth: Delusion not Vision: Cox Closing RAILVOLUTION Debate Statement (20011219)
TTI Data: Portland Driving Increase Leads the Nation (20011224)
Portland for the People, Not the Planners (20020121)

Oregon Housing Prices Rise Most: 1990-2000 (20011201)
Portland Freeways More Congested than Seattle (20011121)
Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)
Portland Traffic Density Exceeds Seattle (20011121)
Traffic Density: US Urbanized Areas 2000 (20011121)

Density of New Development: US Urbanized Areas: 1950-1990
US Urbanized Areas: Land Area by Cumulative Density Category (010418)
US Urbanized Areas: Land Area by Density Category (010418)
Atlanta Journal Editorial on American Dream Boundaries (20010704)
ULI Smart Growth News Coverage of American Dream Boundaries (20010704)

"Portland not Sprawl Free" Atlanta Constitution Oped by Wendell Cox
Metropolitan Atlanta Exceeds 4,000,000 Population (010322)
Denver's Central City Growth Rate Double that of "Smart Growth" Portland (010320)
Portland Compared to Urban Areas with High Density Cores (010418)
US Urbanized Areas: Density Profiles (010415)

Housing Affordability by Metropolitan Area: US 1990 Census
Portland Experiences Large Central City Share Loss (000527)
US Non-CBD Employment Centers: Market Share & Transport (20010828)
Saying No to Development: Portland Planners Seek Gridlock (000319)
Atlanta Urban Core Densifies Faster than Portland (010322)

Portland & Atlanta Per Capital Personal Income Comparison 1990-1999 (20010710)
Portland Outer County Growth Share Greater than Atlanta (010323)
Los Angeles: Overall & Corridor Densities Much Higher than Smart Growth Portland (010410)
Smart Growth Policies Make Portland Less Affordable than Los Angeles (000721)
Portland Among Heaviest Auto Energy Consumers (000803)

Portland Auto Use Growth Third of 39 (000803)
Portland in Air Quality Non-Compliance (000803)
Portland Mayor Ridicules Mixed Use (000803)
Portland: Urban Development News & Commentary (000803)
Suburban Orange County: 15 Times as Much High Density as Portland (010410)

Smart Growth Portland Sprawls Like Phoenix (010410)
Portland Density Profile: Most Similar to Texas Cities, Columbus (010429)
Portland Density: Similarity to Other Areas (010429)
Seattle's Central City Growth Rate Leads that of "Smart Growth" Portland (010323)
US Urbanized Areas: Land Area Over 10,000 per Square Mile: 1990 (010418)

Density Profiles Compared to Portland (010422)
Atlanta Roadway Building Rate Slower Per Capita than Portland
Planning & Transport: Portland & Atlanta (Perception of Portland Superiority Mistaken)
Portland & Oregon Smart Growth & New Urbanist Policies Drive Up Home Prices
Portland Last in Western Density Trend

Planning & Transport: Portland & Seattle (Perception of Portland Superiority Mistaken)
American Dream Boundaries: Urban Containment and its Consequences (20010704)
Smart Growth: Pulling Up the Home Affordability Ladder & Risking Higher Taxes (001027)
Letter to US Vice-President on Erroneous Portland Speech Details (000525)
Portland City & Suburban Population from 1950 (000217)

Portland Ranks 6th of 34 Areas in Roadway Congestion Delay from 1982 (001223)
Portland Ranks 3rd of 34 Areas in Per Capita Auto Travel Increase from 1982 (001223)
Portland Ranks 5th of 34 Areas in Congestion Increase from 1982 (001223)
War on the Suburbs: Misdiagnosis and Flawed Prescriptions (000317)
Portland: Planning Potemkin Village

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