Portland Transport

Month: November 2007

  • Transit is Fun

    A counterpoint to all the crime discussion… An opinion piece in the Charlotte Observer makes a good case for one of the ways transit enhances livability: it makes experiencing cities easy and fun.

  • Gresham Police to Ride MAX

    I don’t generally post over the weekend, but as this story keeps evolving… As reported in the Oregonian, Mayor Shane Bemis of Gresham will detail officers from his city’s police force to ride MAX. While a TriMet spokesperson is quoted as welcoming the move, the Mayor cites “TriMet’s failure to realize they have issues.” In…

  • Higher Bar for Sustainable Biofuels

    The Daily Journal of Commerce reports on an analysis by the Oregon Environmental Council that suggests that whether biofuels improve sustainability is a function of their full lifecycle impacts, including the source of feedstock biomass.

  • Roads to be Issue in Wilsonville House Race

    The Daily Journal of Commerce is reporting that Associated General Contractors’ lobbyist Jessica Adamson will announce today as a Democratic candidate for the Oregon House seat being vacated by Jerry Krummel. She will make transportation a central issue in her campaign, according the headline of the article. On the Republican side in the same race,…

  • Better Late Than Never

    They’re finally getting around to rezoning Interstate Ave for transit-oriented development, how many years after the Yellow Line opened?