Month: November 2008

  • Eye Contact

    Here’s a cautionary tale from Sharon White, a member of the PDOT “Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership” who often plays the role of ‘decoy’ in crosswalk stings. Everyone have a safe and happy Thanksgiving… It is rare that I get scared during a Crosswalk Enforcement Action because I an generally very cautious and very…

  • Achterman Headlines AORTA Luncheon

    Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Achterman to Address Rail and Transit Advocates on December 6th Gail Achterman, Chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission, will speak at the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) Annual Meeting on December 6th at the Governor Hotel in Portland. Ms. Achterman will share her commission’s vision for Oregon’s short-term…

  • TriMet Announces Service Increases for Bus and MAX

    From TriMet’s press release: Starting Sunday, Nov. 30, TriMet will add service on 13 of its 93 bus lines and MAX Blue Line to help relieve crowding. In addition, four bus lines will have minor service adjustments to improve schedule reliability. I’ll beat Erik to the punch here and note that I wish that TriMet…

  • Tolling = Better Land Use Policy?

    Via Planetizen: A new paper published by Brookings (PDF, 571K) suggests that pricing of commute routes would lead to both reduction in sprawl and more affordable housing. But commentary on the paper also suggests that this may produce inequities for lower income households that may need to be offset somehow.

  • Passport Control Holding up Seattle to Vancouver Rail Service?

    Passed on by a reader… Apparently all the necessary capital improvements have been made to add an additional daily train between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., but the Canadian Border Service is holding things up. Let’s hope they sort this out before the Olympics…