Month: May 2011

  • Public projects, political capital, and the sunk cost fallacy

    How the sunk cost fallacy, particularly applied to political capital, can cause public officials to insist on the timely completion of dubious projects.

  • How TriMet loses over $85k/year to credit card thieves.

    Credit card thieves are buying TriMet passes with stolen credit cards and reselling them to transit users for cash (at a discount), costing the agency $85k per year.

  • PBOT Meeting on Potential Bike, Pedestrian Project Applications

    This is kind of interesting. My belief is that in the past, PBOT’s decisions about what projects to submit for the Metro Flexible Funds process have been internal. I’m intrigued to see a public input process here. May 13, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan Anderson 503-823-3723 dan.anderson@portlandoregon.gov Transportation bureau announces public meeting to discuss…

  • Yesterday’s election results

    The results from the May 17 2011 election are in, and here’s how transport and land use issues fared.

  • Everything is Going 3D

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Christopher Yake, Senior TOD Project Manager, Metro Topic: TOD in 3D: How Transit Oriented is the Portland Region? Abstract: If a two-dimensional picture is worth a 1,000 words, how much more can 3D imagery convey? As part of its recently completed Strategic…