Category: Talking About Transportation

  • Don’t Call It an Accident

    Even as desensitized as our culture has become to vehicular violence, the tragedy of February 22nd, 2015 is a tough one to stomach. That day, three children—ages 4,5, and 8—were run down while crossing a street in Springfield. They were crossing legally, in a crosswalk, with the signal. The driver of the car that killed…

  • Mission and Devolution of Transit

    The most recent episode of the Strong Towns podcast is particularly thought-provoking. It presents a panel discussion held off-site during the recent Railvolution conference. The panel includes some well-know transportation bloggers: Jeff Wood (The Overhead Wire) and Jonah Freemark (The Transport Politic). The topics are wide-ranging and challenge some sacred cows. Two themes I found…

  • Another Perspective on Mobility

    A regular reader has alerted us to this course, applying Design Thinking to mobility issues. Portland_October2014_NCMM_DesignThinkingTraining_Flyer

  • Skateboarding Gets Some Respect

    Oops… I meant to publish this last week – but you can still catch the online archive. Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from Exploratory Research Speaker: Tessa Walker, MUS Student, PSU Topic: Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from Exploratory Research Tessa Walker is currently completing her thesis on non-motorized transportation and qualitative research methods with supervision from…

  • Where Does VMT Come From?

    Speaker: B. Starr McMullen, OSU Topic: Determinants of VMT in Urban Areas: A Panel Study of 87 US. Urban Areas 1982-2009 Abstract: This paper uses econometric techniques to examine the determinants of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in a panel study using data from a cross section of 87 U.S. urban areas over the period 1982-2009.…