Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Talking to Conservatives About Rail Transit

    Streetfilms has a great video with William Lind, a conservative transit advocate, about how to talk about transit in terms that conservatives will appreciate. I would also note that the late Paul Weyrich, who co-founded the Heritage Foundation, was a trail transit advocate, evening making that point while serving on an infrastructure panel for the…

  • Some Useful Stimulus

    Sidewalk projects on Barbur, 82nd and NE Glisan using Federal stimulus funding are approaching construction.

  • DJC Compares CRC to Vancouver Bridges

    And somehow Vancouver B.C.’s economy has continued to thrive without a wide new span.

  • How Will We Fund the Bicycle Master Plan?

    As the “Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030” moves toward City Council adoption, the question that moves front and center is “how do we pay for it?” The estimated price tag runs into hundreds of millions of dollars over 20 years – but is still small in comparison to our other transportation investments. In a discussion…

  • NE Community Forum on CRC this Saturday

    NE Community Forum to be held Saturday, November 21st: Impacts of the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) On Saturday, November 21st the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and the Sustainability Clinic at Willamette University College of Law will be hosting a Columbia River Crossing Impact Forum. Students of the Sustainability Clinic will present their research about the…