Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • CRC Battle Lines Firming Up: Local Leaders and Enviros vs. Govs and DOTs

    A group of local environmental organizations issued a letter today critical of the response from Governors Kulongoski and Gregoire to the request of local leaders to have more control of the Columbia River Crossing project: March 10, 2010 Dear Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski, We are writing on behalf of our organizations, which together represent thousands…

  • A Good Week for Bikes

    On multiple fronts: Multnomah County is finally ready to open the new bike path on the Morrison Bridge Google Maps has added bicycle directions – try it! Actually, my first attempt with Google was a little rocky. I asked it to route me from my home down to the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and…

  • Updated: Portland Streetcar Awarded $23M in TIGER Funds

    Update: 3/9/10 In the comments to this post I was asked if the grant was for the entire Innovation Quadrant program, or if it applied to the Moody component only. I learned last week that in fact the grant amount awarded is only for Moody. We’ll need to keep looking for funding for the Sustainability…

  • Act on ACT Act

    Pun intended. I’m a bit slow to the party on this. The BTA already has a post up about Earl Blumenauer’s Active Community Transportation Act. I encourage you to follow their lead on supporting this bill that would set aside $2B for active transportation.

  • Transit Good for your Mortgage?

    Passed on by a reader from of all places “autoblog“.