Archive | March, 2008

Cheesy but Informative

By graisman on March 31, 2008 in Bikes, Safety

Our good friend and PDOT safety guru Greg Raisman asked us to post a link to PDOT’s new video explaining how bike boxes work.

[Greg is the informative driver in the video :-) ]

See it here: http://media.ci.portland.or.us/onthemovesmooth/onthemovesmooth.html

Nudging Our Way to Carbon Neutrality

By Chris Smith on March 28, 2008 in Sustainability

Is getting more sustainable more about lots of little signals than about big sacrifices? That’s what a recent NY Times article suggests.

SMPS’s The Future of Transportation

By jedge on March 27, 2008 in Talking About Transportation

What: SMPS’s The Future of Transportation in the Portland Metro Region

When: Wednesday, April 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where: The Governor Hotel, 611 S.W. 10th Ave., in Portland.

Cost: $35 for SMPS members and $50 for nonmembers.

Registration: Visit www.smpsoregon.org or e-mail Jacquee Christnot at jchristnot@geoengineers.com.

For more information on this networking event, please click here.

Oregon is at a crossroads with the way it funds and plans for transportation improvements. Governor Kulongoski has made transportation funding a top priority in the 2009 legislative session. “There is no greater issue in this next legislative session than developing a long-term plan that addresses the needs of all of Oregon, urban and rural, and at the same time provides stable funding to achieve that plan,” Kulongoski said. Hear from four of the region’s top transportation planners and transit advocates as SMPS presents a panel discussion titled, “The Future of Transportation in the Portland Metro Region.”

The all-star lineup of speakers and their topics:

FRED HANSEN, General Manager, TriMet – Expansion of Portland’s Light Rail Transit System
CHRIS SMITH, Chair, Citizen Advisory Committee, Portland Streetcar – Streetcar Expansion Plans and City-Wide System Plan
REX BURKHOLDER, Metro Councilor – Development of the Regional Transportation Plan
JOHN WILLIS, Vice President and Area Manager, CH2M HILL – Public Private Partnerships
Moderated by ETHAN SELTZER, Professor, Portland State University Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning

CRC – Who Pays?

By Chris Smith on March 26, 2008 in Columbia Crossing

In yesterday’s O, Joe Cortright asks who will pay for the Columbia River Crossing, and perhaps more importantly, what won’t we be able to pay for as a result?

CRC and Sprawl

By Chris Smith on March 25, 2008 in Columbia Crossing

The Oregonian looks at the “sprawl angle” of the Columbia River Crossing:

As Metro Council president David Bragdon sees it, the challenge is how to build a bridge “without 100,000 people thinking they can move to Battle Ground.”