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Transportation in Portland, Oregon
Like
transportation in the rest of the United States
, the primary mode of local
transportation in Portland, Oregon
is the
automobile
. But
Portland's
reputation as a
well-planned city
is due to
Metro's
regional master plan in which
transit-oriented development
plays a major role. This approach, part of the
new urbanism
, promotes mixed-use and high-density development around
light rail
stops and
transit centers
, and the investment of the metropolitan area's share of federal tax dollars into multiple modes of
transportation
. In the United States, this focus is atypical in an era when
automobile
use led many areas to neglect their core cities in favor of development along
interstate highways
, in
suburbs
, and
satellite cities
.
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