Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Richard Florida: “incredible separation between home and work … is not supportable anymore”

    From a terrific podcast (“The Metabolism of Cities“) at Smart City, in which he argues for High Speed Rail and Light Rail (among other things) as ways to increase the velocity at which people, goods, services and idea move in cities and mega-regions.

  • Milwaukie Light Rail Gains an Opponent

    Apparently, Allen Alley, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, has decided that Light Rail is a good wedge issue. He has announced his opposition to the Milwaukie Light Rail project.

  • It’s More Than One Page, But…

    A reader reminds us that back in 2005, a PSU class for Professor Will Macht did a Columbia River Crossing concept around a waterfront development named “Quayside”. It’s 8 pages (PDF, 2.1M), not one, but the idea of actually linking the CRC to land use is apparently completely foreign to the project team, so I…

  • Half a Page on the CRC

    I love people who can be succinct. This from Dan Wade. Dear Councilor Liberty, I came across a post on portlandtransport.com outlining your request for one-page CRC proposals and thought I would weigh in. First of all, the initial planning process seemed to woefully neglect the rail bridge west of the I-5 span, which is…

  • Someone at the Oregonian Has a Clue About the CRC

    Mike Francis’ opinion section feature about the Columbia River Crossing is a refreshing break from the “we must do this no matter what” drumbeat of the editorial page of our local daily: You don’t have to be an architect, artist, bicyclist, urban planner, academic or environmentalist to fear that the Columbia River Crossing is a…