Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • KBOO Bike Show: North Portland Greenway

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.0MB) Learn all about “npGreenway” the proposed trail from St. Johns to downtown.

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: npGreenway

    The North Portland Greenway (aka npGreenway) project seeks to create an off-street trail from St. Johns to downtown, much of it overlooking the river. Learn more about the project on tomorrow’s show. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, April 7th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Priceless Portland?

    Over at Human Transit, Jerrett is suggesting that Portland is luring folks with a set of “unmeasurable” attributes: People do go Portland for the lifestyle at every point on the economic ladder. That includes the young unemployed … I connect that to the remarkably womblike quality of Portland’s physical environment. The gentle embrace of the…

  • In Dissent

    I spent a pleasant 40 minutes yesterday being interviewed on the PDX.fm (Internet radio) “PDX Gen-Y” program about the Columbia River Crossing. You can check it out here (look for the April 5th episode).

  • VMT Explained

    Via the Carsharing.US Blog: Great presentation (PDF, 1.9M) explaining theoretical models for Vehicle Miles Traveled and doing a good job of reconciling recent changes in VMT.