Portland Transport

Month: November 2007

  • By Request: WES to Salem

    To head off a full-blown hijack on another thread, I’m opening up this post for discussion of extending Washington County Commuter rail down to Salem. The commuter rail line is now known as WES (Westside Express Service).

  • The Case for Rail

    A nice post on the Intermodality blog reviews a ridership survey for Houston’s transit system and makes some nice points about the demographics of rail riders, including the ability of rail to attract new users to transit

  • Connecting the Global Warming Dots

    It was all over the news this weekend – here’s one example – scientists now believe we are at the upper end of the range for how rapidly global warming is occurring and underscore the need to act sooner rather than later. To make the local connection, 39% of Greenhouse Gases in Multnomah County come…

  • Proposed London Car Ban Sparks Criticism

    Via Planetizen: Cars will be banned from some of London’s busiest streets as part of a bold plan to create continental-style boulevards devoted to pedestrians and cyclists. Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, plans to replicate Paris Plage, the beach created on a highway alongside the Seine each August, on the four-lane Victoria Embankment beside…

  • Car Free Cities Conference Call for Proposals

    Greetings! In June of 2008 Portland, Oregon, USA will host an international conference on the future of urban transportation and livability. The eighth annual conference of the World Carfree Network is titled “Towards Carfree Cities: Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity”. We are currently soliciting presenters from around the world on this theme and urge you and…