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GTFS Infects Bing Maps
Google Transit drove the creation of GTFS (once named Google Transit Feed Specification, but now known as General Transit Feed Specification), a way for transit agencies to publish their schedule data in an open way, but it has found lots of other uses, and now Microsoft has added it to their Bing maps.
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Put Your Stamp on Transportation in our Region
Metro’s TPAC (Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee) is seeking four new citizen representatives. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn the details of how transportation works in our region and push and tug a bit to shape it in a better direction. The primary skill requirement is the ability to park yourself in a chair for…
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$169 Transit Information Appliance
One of my “Holy Grail” quests is to figure out how to put Nextbus-style transit information out in the world inexpensively to encourage transit use. Our Transit Board™ tool is intended to make it dead simple to deliver this in a web browser. But how to get cheap web browser displays into coffee shops, doctor’s…
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Rail~Volution Seeks Volunteers
Care to help Portland put a good face forward to attendees at this year’s Rail~Volution conference? Here’s how: Volunteer Opportunity! At RAIL~VOLUTION 2010 — October 17-21, 2010 This year, Rail~Volution comes to Portland, Oregon. This is a conference for passionate practitioners–people from more than 300 U.S. communities who believe in the role of land use…
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CRC Alternatives Coming to Your TV
The panel presentation of Columbia River Crossing alternatives generated by the community was recorded by Portland Community Media and you can catch these upcoming broadcasts on Portland Channel 30 (CityNet): Monday 9/20/2010, 5:00pm Friday 9/24/2010, 9:30pm Sunday 9/26/2010, 8:00am Metro Councilor Robert Libertry, who organized the panel, also indicates that he will have the video…