Month: January 2015

  • How Wide is the Effect of Transit?

    Traditionally we figure folks will walk a quarter mile to a bus line, maybe a bit further to a rail station. But an analysis from Dallas suggests that rent premiums can be found as much as a mile away from light rail…

  • Fair Voting for Portland’s Street Fee

    Tony Jordan is a software engineer by day, but a rabble rouser all of the time. He is particularly interested in seeing Shoupian parking policies in place on Portland’s streets. Tony has a BA in Politics from UC Santa Cruz and serves on the board of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association as well as on several…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Affordable Transportation

     Listen to the show (mp3, 26.1MB) Alon and Christopher talk with Kate Nelson of Santa Fe’s Chainbreaker Collective about the importance of affordable transportation and their efforts to make bicycles available to lower-income individuals. In the second half they speak with Sirapon Soinak of Thailand who has cycled all over the world.

  • A Thumbs Up for Portland’s Street Grid

    A recent study (sadly, one you have to pay for to get the full report), suggests that a compact street grid supports greater levels of physical activity and leads to better health outcomes. Three cheers for 200 foot blocks!

  • Rose Bowl 2015 Open Thread

    Happy New Year!  There’s a little football game happening next week.  Of course, yours truly is an Oregon State alum, so I’m not quite as excited about that as some of you… More public outreach on the Powell/Division project, as Metro asks southeast residents about safety. TriMet is touting a 3.2% increase in ridership last…