Month: May 2012

  • Car-sharing and the RAND corporation.

    Today, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post highlighted a RAND Corporation report claiming that car-sharing cuts back very little on energy consumption. One major flaw in the analysis: The conclusion is based on the principle that most car-share users are non-car-owners who already drive infrequently–fair enough. It then poses the hypothetical about 20% of the…

  • UPDATED: LIFT service affected by transit strike

    UPDATE: KOIN reports that a tentative deal has been reached. Terms of the deal have not been released pending ratification. Original message content after the jump.

  • A Milestone

    I actually missed it when it happened, but sometime in the last week Portland Transport racked up its millionth visitor… So much wonkery, so little time.

  • Bike Score joins Walk Score and Transit Score

    Check out Portland’s ratings here.

  • “Portland creep” and the density debate

    As most of you are aware, election day is Tuesday, May 15. Portland Afoot and others have thoroughly covered many of the races that are on the ballot, including the races for the open Metro council positions, the Portland city council, and the Portland mayoral race. One set of races that hasn’t gotten as much…