Month: October 2012

  • The Case for Distance-based Fares

    A piece on Streetsblog makes the policy argument for distance-based transit fares. They actually use Portland’s Fareless Square as part of their argument, apparently unaware of recent history. I generally support this line of argument, at least from a pure policy policy point of view. TriMet has argued that one of the pragmatic reasons for…

  • The Hand That Feeds Us

    Portland Transport’s transit tools, including the Transit Appliance, depend on the web services provided by TriMet (and NextBus). And those web services at core get their information from TriMet’s dispatch and vehicle tracking systems. Next week’s PSU Transportation Seminar will look under the hood at how those systems work and how they’re being updated for…

  • BRT, LRT advance in Southwest Corridor

    Before the meat of the post, some apologies for my scarcity the past two months or so. I always seem to take blog-cation in the fall, and it happened again this year–have been quite busy with work and home, so haven’t had much time for PT. (Plus, I’ve been focusing a bit more on the…

  • Counting Bicycles

    For the deeply nerdy, the OTREC (Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium) is having a special seminar on Thursday: Speaker: Krista Nordback, University of Colorado, Denver Topic: Estimating Annual Average Daily Bicyclists: Advantages and Pitfalls When: Thursday, October 25, 1-2 p.m. Where: ITS Lab, 375 Engineering Building, PSU (1930 SW 4th Ave) Krista’s specific area…

  • Finally Getting Diverted

    It looks like PBOT took advantage of today’s nice weather to start installing the diverter at NW 10th and Marshall. This is a small bit of mitigation for the Streetcar Loop that is finally being fulfilled. As part of the project we moved the bicycle facility from the now-track-filled-cycling-wasteland of Lovejoy to Marshall St. But…