Portland Transport

Month: June 2006

  • New Idiom in Traffic Signaling

    The City of Portland is trying a new approach to “left turn yield to oncoming traffic”: City of Portland installs new experimental Left-Turn Signal with Flashing Yellow Arrow. The City of Portland’s Office of Transportation will be activating a new flashing yellow arrow left-turn display at NE 82nd and Tillamook on Tuesday, June 6th at…

  • Good Stuff at Sightline

    Three great posts yesterday over at the Sightline Institute’s Daily Score: Empty Sidewalks? – Kids aren’t walking to school any more PAYD in Full – Pay as you drive auto insurance Guilt Tripping – Finding better ways to motivate modal choices

  • Tram Lifecycle Costs

    Head over to CommissionerSam.com for a discussion of aerial tram operating costs.

  • We’re Getting Noticed

    An article in today’s Tribune on TriMet operations features direct quotes from this blog and further quotes from two of our contributors, identified as such! Wed. Update: Apparently more than a few people visited after reading the Trib article, we had about 50% more visitors than usual yesterday.

  • Solving the Bike on Transit Capacity Problem?

    We’ve discussed the fact that we have a ‘congestion’ problem with capacity for bikes on MAX and popular bus routes being maxed out. This week’s Business Week, offers one potential solution: commuting on a folding bike that you can take on the train with you. This article seems to focus on the commuter-train riding audience.…