Month: July 2005

  • Path to Platinum Biking

    Over at www.commissionersam.com, Sam Adams has asked what it would take to make Portland the first Platinum biking city in the U.S. Today, two Portland Transport contributors who are very close to Portland’s bicycle program share there thoughts on what taking it to the next level might look like. This post is NOT open for…

  • Free the Bike!

    I attended last year’s ceremony where the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) presented Portland the “Gold” award for best American bike City. Commissioner Adams (great that he landed the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) assignment!) has said he doesn’t think this is good enough. He wants us to be “Platinum”, a level the LAB has…

  • A Tale of Two [Bicycling] Cities

    Over the past 15 years Portland has been very successful in building its bikeway network, installing bicycle parking, and running promotional programs in support of bicycling. The results have been dramatic as increasing bicycle use has correlated nicely with the growth of the network and has demonstrated the success of the “build it and they…

  • End of Day 1 – Transit Enhancers

    Finishing up the first official day for Portland Transport, I want to thank a number of folks: Our wonderful contributors The 400+ folks who visited today The “friends and family” who helped us burn in the site over the weekend The four local blogs who gave us a plug today The one blog that trashed…

  • TriMet’s History of the Milwaukie Wal-Mart Site

    There have been some news articles discussing the possibility of building a Wal-Mart store on the property located at 8300 SE McLoughlin Blvd. For over a decade beginning with the South/North Transit Corridor Study this site has been identified by the region as a possible MAX light rail station and park & ride for the…