Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Rethinking LOS

    LOS – Level of Service (I know it sounds geeky) is the primary way transportation planners evaluate the need for capacity. The problem is, the way it’s measured is all about cars, which is what makes this presentation pretty interesting… Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Seleta J.…

  • Designing a Car-Free Community

    From the NY Times, a suburb in Germany that has consciously created a car-free community. It runs on bikes and trams (streetcars)!

  • The Route to Reform

    Transportation for America has released its blueprint for reform in the next transportation authorization bill. The blueprint is titled “The Route to Reform: Blueprint for a 21st Century Federal Transportation Program” and includes four major planks: Articulate a National Vision, Objectives, and Performance Targets for the national transportation program and hold state and local transportation…

  • Car Still a Necessity, Even in Recession

    Via Planetizen. According to Pew research, cars are more of a necessity than TVs, cell phones, or pretty much any other major purchase.

  • Are Electric Bikes Active Transportation?

    Last week I rented an eZee Sprint for a three-day test ride. I was trying to solve a specific problem. As some of you know, I live in NW Portland and commute occasionally to my employer’s offices in Wilsonville. In recent years I’ve been primarily a telecommuter, at one point telecommuting 9 days out of…