Well, dearie seemed vague about his summary comments on last night's session.

Interest by Vancouver in Portland is if and how Portland is sustaining its momentum/initiatives on livability/ cycling/pedestrian friendly city in terms of design, transportation options, etc.

I didn't know this but apparently Portland planners visited Vancouver to understand elements of "Vancouverism". A term/concept used by urban planners and architects on a form of urban design to make a city/city area more livable. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOjbLZrXTH8 Vancouverism design only covers about 5% of the city. It's not the entire metropolitan area.

http://www.sightline.org/publication...gs/pricetags99

We were in Portland 2 weekends ago and enjoyed ourselves. Hotel based in downtown area so we cycled out in NW, SW, SE areas but within city limits on this 2nd visit. (lst visit was about 4 years ago where we cycled in the Columbia Gorge area, etc.)