Portland Transport

Month: October 2006

  • Tax Policy Head On

    It’s been remarked more than once recently that we seem to be repeating some of the same arguments over and over. I’m going to try to segment out some of those to highlight them in their own threads, so we can have the definitive discussion and then hopefully move on and not need to repeat…

  • BTA Advocates Bike Boulevard Project

    Update 10/11/06: Over at the BTA Blog, they’re reporting that this is still up for grabs in the next round of decision making and have suggestions for the next steps for advocacy. Original Post 9/29/06: We heard from you and hundreds of other cyclists that you strongly prefer cycling on low-traffic bicycle boulevards. Here’s your…

  • An Editorial Comment on Comments

    I am seeing more frequent use of the he said/she said style of quotes in comments, e.g., A says: quote… B says: response I much prefer the style quote response The latter puts the emphasis on the ideas, the former puts a lot of weight on the authorship. As the rules make clear, my belief…

  • Trolleybus History

    Following up on our discussion on trolleybuses, Dan Haneckow has published a history of trolleybuses in Portland, over on his Cafe Unknown blog. Well worth the read!

  • Transportation and Education

    An article in Sunday’s O (Buses eat up classroom dollars) outlines how 5% of the state’s education spending goes to buses, and the way reimbursement from the state is handled, there are few incentives to try to make this more efficient. The Oregon Department of Education picks up the tab on most every dollar school…