Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • #BuildIt at Car-Free Happy Hour

    Here’s a group of folks who want the Portland Bicycle Plan built! Take your Build It photo and put it on Twitter or Facebook today to join the campaign.

  • Streetcar System Plan Wins Award

    The American Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon has awarded an excellence award to the Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan. Congratulations to the staff, consultant team and to the System Advisory Committee!

  • BTA Launches “Build It” Social Media Campaign to Support Master Plan

    The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has created a web site and social media campaign to support implementation of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030. Individuals are encouraged to take their picture with the campaign logo and post it as part of the campaign. The campaign web site is http://www.portlandbikenetwork.org/voices/supporters/

  • Health Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in our Transportation System

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Mel Rader, Co-Director, Upstream Public Health Topic: Health Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in our Transportation System When: Friday, Jan 22, 2010, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Intellectual Freedom at Work

    I can’t help but note the irony, and admire the freedom of discourse, that Randall O’Toole will appear at Powell’s on Friday to promote his book that criticizes urban transit lines. From the publisher’s comments: As a result, the automobile which is accessible to almost every family in the nation and provides unparalleled access to…