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Agreeing with Mel
It’s not often that Mel Zucker and I agree. But I agree that TriMet turning down his request for boarding/deboarding counts on the basis of security is off the wall. In the past TriMet has often provided such counts to my neighborhood when we were evaluating routing options or potential stop re-locations. Can we have…
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Outlook
The Sunday Oregonian had a full section on the outlook for transportation (they also had outlook sections for a number of other hours). What do we think, did they get it right?
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A Geeky Community Project?
Last Tuesday, in a article titled “Portland, out of order“, the Trib took a swipe at the Streetcar Nextbus system: Maybe the ticker signs at the streetcar stops with their wildly innaccurate arrival times. My experience is that Nextbus is pretty accurate (I regularly check it from my cell phone web browser while getting around…
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Spreading it Around
I’m delighted to see a pedestrian enforcement action outside the inner core: CITY OF PORTLAND OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release April 17, 2007 Contact: Sharon White, Portland Office of Transportation Phone: (503) 823-7100 What: Press event for Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement Action Where: Marked crosswalks at SE 82nd Ave. & SE Foster and…
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Green Streets Good for Business
Sam is pushing Green Streets (streets with treatments like swales that capture and filter stormwater) and the Daily Journal of Commerce is suggesting they could be good for business. Bonus: we get more curb extensions :-)