Month: November 2012

  • Our Latest Transit Appliance…

    Now to be found in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza hotel on NE Broadway. This is the first time we’ve deployed in a hotel and also the first time we’ve used the iPad (and a commercially available kiosk stand for it) as the display platform! This particular unit is displaying four MAX lines plus…

  • Hillsboro mayor trying to resurrect corpse of Westside Bypass

    In an e-mail missive sent out to many decision-makers in Washington County, Hillsboro mayor Jerry Willey is proposing legislative language to require ODOT to conduct a study on a “Westside Corridor”–which is defined as a new, alternative state highway corridor route, and associated, supporting state and regional highway projects, west of Oregon Route 217 running…

  • The whys and wherefores of MAX bus bridges

    In the previous post, we lamented the recent spate of (sometimes bizarre) incidents affecting MAX service, in particular a car which ran off a freeway offramp and landed in the middle of Sunset Transit Center, shutting down MAX service on the westside for the better part of a day. (Nobody was badly hurt; the driver…

  • Does somebody out there have a MAX-shaped voodoo doll?

    Westside MAX is down today, as a speeding car trying to negotiate the loop ramp from US26 to OR217 ran off the highway, landing on the MAX tracks at Sunset Transit Center. Nobody at the station was hurt; the driver (who was intoxicated) only suffered minor injuries, and no MAX trains were involved, but the…

  • Car Use Versus Car Ownership

    On Tuesday, wearing my Planning and Sustainability Commissioner hat, I’m going to hear from neighbors concerned that the development of new apartment buildings without on-site parking is impacting livability in their neighborhoods. In fact, I think parking is the tip of the iceberg here. Portland’s growth strategy anticipates a lot of residential growth to occur…