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Green Means Go
Dignitaries arriving from Clackamas County on the inaugural Green Line ride were greeted at PSU by Mayor Sam Adams, a (very loud) drum corps and the Viking cheerleaders. The predictable round of speechmaking ensued, but a notable distinction from recent rail line openings was the presence and full-throated support from Peter Rogoff, the new Federal…
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Become the Ultimate Transportation Insider
From City Hall: Mayor Sam Adams, Portland’s commissioner in charge of transportation, seeks a Transportation Policy Advisor. The advisor will help us develop innovative and cost-effective programs and projects in partnership with the Portland Bureau of Transportation; other transportation jurisdictions like TriMet, Metro, the four Greater Portland counties, and the Oregon Department of Transportation; neighborhood…
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Streetcar Plan Outside-In
Yesterday, City Council adopted the Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan on a 4-0 vote. But at the beginning of the hearing Mayor Adams expressed his “legislative intent” that we seriously look at building the system from the outside in, rather than from the central city outward. Neighborhood representatives from places like St. John’s, Hazelwood, and…
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Car Share Advantage: The Occassional Need
One of the advantages of being a car-sharing member versus owning a car is that you don’t have to commit to one vehicle type, or pay for things that you use only occasionally. For example, as a Zipcar member, I occasionally rent a mini-van or pickup if I have to move something large (the Honda…
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Applying Metcalfe’s Law to Transit
In the Sunday O, Dylan Rivera’s article about the imminent Green Line opening notes that each time a new MAX line opens, overall ridership on MAX goes up by more than the ridership of the new line: For example, the Red Line, opened in 2001, initially connected downtown Portland to the airport. So when TriMet…