Author: Chris Smith

  • How They Do It in Seattle

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group (Seattle, WA) Topic: Emerging Trends in Developing and Implementing Bicycle Master Plans – The Seattle Example When: Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Signs of Bicycle Progress (mostly) in the Pearl

    On my morning bike ride earlier this week, I was waiting at the light to turn onto the Broadway Bridge to go to my favorite east-side breakfast food cart and witnessed an incident that mostly gave me hope for our collective cycling progress… Two women came down the Lovejoy ramp (positive, a greater proportion of…

  • PSU Transportation Seminars Resume with Fall Session

    From PSU: Portland State University’s weekly transportation seminar series resumes on Friday, September 30th. As always, the seminars are free and open to the public in person or by webcast, which can be watched live or later via archive. The seminars are held at noon each week in Room 204 of the Urban Center at…

  • CRC Ticks Down to Record of Decision, Opposition Lawyers Up

    With the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, the Columbia River Crossing project is now on a count down to the “Record of Decision,” the formal conclusion of the planning process before moving into funding and implementation. A 30-day comment period will commence on or about September 23rd. After the comment period the Record…

  • Boom Times for Streetcar Builders

    Via Planetizen I think most of the 80 cities have had representatives tromp through the Pearl and ride our Streetcar…