Author: Chris Smith

  • Why We Live Where We Live

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Cynthia Chen, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington Topic: Residential Choice Locations – A Search in the Mirror of the Past Abstract: We propose to decompose residential self-selection by understanding its formation process. We take a life course perspective…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza 2010

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25.6MB) Kicking off on June 10th, Portland’s Pedalpalooza packs over 250 bike themed events into just two weeks. From Cruller Crawls to Pedal Potluck Picnics . . . From Legal Clinics to Naked Rides, there should be something of interest to everyone. And almost all events are free! On this…

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza 2010

    Kicking off on June 10th, Portland’s Pedalpalooza packs over 250 bike themed events into just two weeks. From Cruller Crawls to Pedal Potluck Picnics . . . From Legal Clinics to Naked Rides, there should be something of interest to everyone. And almost all events are free! On this month’s KBOO Bike Show, Lindsay and…

  • Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright…

    Via Planetizen: The vastly oversubscribed Tiger program now has a round 2, with $600M in funding.

  • Augmented Reality Comes to TriMet

    Clearly an escape from the real world is required. Seriously, there are several new applications making use of TriMet’s open data, and a couple of them take an augmented reality approach. For example, you can point your camera phone at a bus stop and get an overlay of the next arrival time. Very cool, but…