http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/transportation_policy+dot+transportation PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/14543 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/14543 Metro at odds with officials on highways<br />Regional transportation plan gets cold response from feds, state board<br /><br />By Jim Redden &nbsp;<br /><br />The Portland Tribune, Feb 13, 2007 (28 Reader comments)<br /><br />For months Metro leaders have said that the old way of solving transportation problems no longer works.<br /><br />Led by Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder, officials at the regional planning agency repeatedly have said that building new highways is no longer the solution for the area&rsquo;s growing congestion problems.<br /><br />Instead, Burkholder and the others have said that the Regional Transportation Plan to be adopted next year will stress such land-use goals as encouraging people to live closer to where they work and shop, in part by encouraging more mass transit.