Author: Bob Richardson

  • Census Survey puts Portland Transit Commute Share at 13.3%

    According to this CNN Money article on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Portland now ranks among the top 10 transit commuter cities with a commute share of 13.3%. The article also notes that the survey puts the share of bike commuters at 3.5%, about eight times the national average. I’d like to see the…

  • Commuter Rail Study for Yamhill County

    Today’s News-Register has an article about new interest in a study for commuter rail in Yamhill County. The article uses the term “light rail” in a few places but from the context it is pretty clear that what they are really talking about is commuter rail on existing freight tracks. Article: Tribe puts rail study…

  • Google Transit now integrated into Google Maps

    A couple of years ago, Google launched the Google Transit service which allowed users to plan trips on an interface very much like Google Maps, using schedule data from transit agencies in various cities. (In fact, Portland was the first city chosen for this service.) Recently, Google began integrating features of Google Transit into the…

  • Dispatches from the Yellow Line (Updated)

    Important Note: This article has been updated with improved information. The original version of this article, posted May 24, 2007, used schedule times from the #5 bus from Spring, 2004, which was during the time period in which the Yellow Line was being constructed, and therefore slowed bus travel times along Interstate Ave. This revised…

  • A shift in plans for Milwaukie Light Rail?

    According to today’s Clackamas Review article, a petition signed by hundreds of local residents (including the Mayor’s wife) has encouraged the inclusion of an alternate route proposal in the SDEIS process. The new route would run closer to the heart of downtown Milwaukie, perhaps split along Main St. and SE McLoughlin Blvd. The article states…