Month: October 2010

  • Metro President Candidate Presentations

    Earlier this week, my neighborhood association (Rose City Park) held its candidates fair. A number of candidates were present, as were presenters representing various ballot measures. Of particular relevance to PortlandTransport readers are the two candidates for Metro President. Here are videos of their presentations and Q&A sessions, presented in order of appearance and without…

  • UPDATED: LCDC rejects Forest Grove, Council Creek plots, accepts remainder of urban reserves

    While it isn’t official, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Condition is set to issue a ruling accepting all of Metro’s recent designations of urban and rural reserves, without amendment, according to Metro councilor Robert Liberty.

  • Feast with AORTA

    From our good friends at the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates: AORTA 2010 Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Saturday, November 6 Doors open 11:30 AM Luncheon Served 12:15 PM Note: Advance payment by mail is necessary to reserve your space. Please see instructions below. Location: Jake’s Grill at the Governor Hotel 611 SW…

  • Service bulletin

    The site appears to be a bit constipated this morning–we’ve had issues with server errors, and some have made repeat posts. There are presently entries in the comment queue which TypePad thinks are published, but which don’t appear to be visible on the web. If you see “Server Error”, chances are your post will show…

  • Transit Appliance Gets Some Notice – Time for a New Name?

    I’ve been pleased to see that the posts on this site and on StreetFilms about the Transit Appliance have been retweeted and syndicated, bouncing around the net for a few days. And yesterday it got some love on the PDXCommute blog. I also had a chance to show it off at GOSCON (Government Open Source…