Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Transportation and the Environment

    This should be right on point for the “Healthy Connected Neighborhoods” strategy in the Portland Plan: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jimmy Kagan, Institute for Natural Resources Topic: Integrating Transportation and Environmental Planning Abstract: This seminar describes the results of a recently completed research project for the…

  • Keeping an Eye on the CRC Facts

    One of the more pernicious ways to influence a public debate is to keep repeating believable sound bites until they become received wisdom. Joe Cortright did a particularly nice job last week of knocking down a couple of those bits of received wisdom for the Columbia River Crossing. This letter is addressed to Bernie Bottomly,…

  • Would Curbside Inter-city Bus Service Fly Here?

    I saw an interesting article in Business Week over the weekend, about Megabus, the largest of a set of companys providing city-to-city bus service in the mid-West and on the East Coast (similar in some ways to the “Chinatown buses” that go between New York and Boston). It’s an interesting model, based on low prices…

  • Personal Car-sharing Advancing in Oregon

    Portland’s own Dave Brooks describes how it works on yesterday’s Think Out Loud program (mp3 6.1M).

  • No Joy From D.C.

    Reconnecting America has an analysis of the impact on transportation alternatives from the budget deal. TriMet may be sweating Portland-to-Milwaukie Light Rail. This could also raise some questions about the Light Rail component of the Columbia Crossing.