Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Another Crop of Activists

    One of my “look forward to” events every year is serving as a panelist during the final presentations for the Traffic and Transportation class. This year was no exception and we have another great set of presentations. Tomorrow I’ll call out one for special focus. Meanwhile, here’s the work of another great set of budding…

  • Active Transportation Investments to Follow Light Rail Model?

    An interesting notice from Metro yesterday that the committee established to recommend policy on how to allocate flexible funds has come out with a recommendation: allocate funds for active transportation to build out complete corridors, rather than to a variety of projects: Some refer to this as “the light rail model” because of the way…

  • Organizing an Ecosystem

    Over at the Transit Appliance site, I have a post up outlining the roles and partnerships that I think are necessary to sustain widespread provision of real-time transit information out there in the world.

  • The Annual Grovel

    Yes, it’s that time of year again. As the year winds down and you think about generating tax deductions before the calendar turns over, I humbly ask you to consider Portland Transport. Our needs are simple and our treasury is sound, but we did have more expenditures this year than normal as we ramped up…

  • A Little Validation

    The Portland region is begin recognized by the EPA as one of five communities highlighted for “Smart Growth Achievement”. The award specifically calls out the 2040 growth concept.