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Service Rates Accessibility of Portland Locales
Launched earlier this month, Where’s Lulu (http://www.whereslulu.com) is a free, online database where Portlanders can rate and review places and services (mostly businesses) based on their accessibility. Example: Are the curb cuts next to the bus stop in front of a Stumptown Coffee Roasters wheelchair-friendly? A search tool allows for filtering using criteria such as…
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Senate Transportation Chair Disses CRC Funding
Quoted in Willamette Week: State lawmakers’ flagging interest in increasing the gas tax next year is driving a hole in a proposed funding plan for the $4.2 billion Columbia River Crossing Project (see “Bridge Over the River Why,” WW, May 21, 2008). A proposed 14-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike had set aside 2 cents for the…
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Voters in Washington County Will Be Asked to Put More of Transportation Tab on Developers
The measure referred to the November ballot would increase development-related transportation fees substantially.
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Updated: PSU Fall Transportation Courses
Update One additional course has been added: We are pleased to announce a new course for Fall 2008: Transportation and Logistics Modeling and Optimization (4 credits) Mondays 10:00 AM -1:50 PM Instructor: Miguel Figliozzi For more details see: http://www.its.pdx.edu/pdf/ce510_T&L_M&O.pdf This course will introduce graduate students to economic evaluation and mathematical modeling including linear programming, dynamic…
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Highway Trust Fund Running on Fumes
Several years ago it was predicted that the Highway Trust Fund would stop being able to meet budgeted funding levels in 2009. The reduction in VMT due to gas prices has moved up the crisis point to, well… now. It’s bad enough that even President Bush is considering reversing his position on transfering funds into…