Portland Transport

Month: February 2006

  • Making the Case for Planning

    I had the opportunity to attend the MPAC Mayor’s Forum last Friday. The event was the first public review of a new study by Davis/Hibbitts on attitudes toward regional planning. You may have seen some of this quoted in the Oregonian on Friday. I’m trying to get a hold of the PowerPoint file, as there…

  • Report from the Go Plantinum Kick-off

    The biknoscienti gathered in force last night for a double-header event at the downtown Bike Gallery store. The Trek Portland was publicly unveiled and the City’s campaign to attain Platinum cycling status was formally kicked off. It was announced that the first “Portland” was going to Congressman Earl Blumenaur (at Trek’s insistance). Earl then insisted…

  • Abject Pandering: Portland Transport Table at Alice

    BTA’s annual Alice B. Toeclips awards are coming up on March 4th (5:30 PM at the Oregon Convention Center). And yours truly is a nominee (blush). I’d like to see if we can organize a Portland Transport table at the event. Not because I want a rooting section (but that’s OK too), but because one…

  • A Report from the Drive Less Save More Event

    Transportation wonks were out in force (this wonk virtuously carpooled) yesterday as Metro, TriMet, ODOT and Washington County announced a public information campaign to encourage folks to take a little control over their auto trips. The message is not wholesale change, but rather an incremental approach: avoid 1 or 2 auto trips a week -…

  • Updated: 9 Points to Platinum

    Sam and Earl will unveil their 9-point plan to get Portland to Platinum Cycling status at an event Thursday evening (7PM) at the downtown Bike Gallery store (SW 10th and Salmon). See you there. Update Feb 1st: Here are the nine points in the plan to be announced tomorrow: Nine-Part Strategy: 1.Significant enhancement of Portland’s…