Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • The Box Girder CRC is Dead, Long Live the CRC

    As reported by the O’s Joe Rose, the “Bridge Review Panel” for the Columbia River Crossing, convened in response to the Independent Review Panel’s concerns about the unproven “open web box girder” design has recommended terminating that design and choosing from among three other design types: Cable Stay Tied Arch Deck Truss The 146-page report…

  • Interesting Argument Over ODOT Alternative Transportation Funds

    Bike Portland is reporting today that the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is objecting to a multi-year commitment of most of Portland’s share of state alternative transportation funds to the Portland to Milwaukie LRT project. Interestingly, the Mayor of Portland and a number of other local leaders endorsed the TriMet LRT request.

  • KBOO Bike Show: OHSU Injury Study

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Sara and Michelle interview Dr. William Lambert, the researcher behind the OHSU Bike Trauma Study.

  • Would You Like Fries with Your Sprawl?

    I’m told that the room for the weekly PSU Transportation Seminars now allows food and drink. Take advantage at this presentation: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Joe Cortright, Impresa Topic: How Sprawl is Lengthening our Commutes and Why Misleading Mobility Measures are Making Things Worse Abstract: This…

  • Something to be Very Happy About

    The Mayor’s office has been releasing statistics in advance of the annual Safety Summit. Here’s one that we should be proud of! But let’s not take our eye off the ball. Last year had a surge in pedestrian deaths. We still have to make the system a lot safer.