Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • KBOO Bike Show: BTA Legislative Agenda and Small Bike Businesses

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Tori and guest host Michelle Poyourow talk with Rob Sadowsky, Executive Director of the Bicycle Transportation alliance about BTA’s agenda for the 2011 Oregon Legislative Session. Several bicycle-oriented small businesses weathering the recession are also featured.

  • Women and Bikes – A Brief History

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jennifer Dill, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University Topic: From Spokes to Sprockettes: A History of Women and the Bicycle When: Friday, December 3, 2010, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: 2011 Legislative Outlook

    BTA’s 2011 legislative agenda reviewed, plus 2 small bike businesses staying alive in the recession. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, December 1st KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Open Houses for Portland-to-Lake Oswego Transit DEIS

    From Metro: Metro, along with the cities of Portland and Lake Oswego, Multnomah and Clackamas counties, TriMet and ODOT, have studied transit alternatives to connect Lake Oswego with downtown Portland. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) examines potential impacts and benefits associated with an enhanced bus alternative, streetcar alternative and a no-build alternative where existing…

  • Another Transportation Appliance In the Wild

    This holiday season, I’m thankful for the assistance of the PBOT Signals Group (the same folks who bring you Traffic Signals and Street Lighting) who figured out how to help us get a Transit Appliance into the lobby of the Portland Building without violating any City network security policies! The appliance will be beaming bus…