Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Could it be? Someone Finally Ready to Say NO to CRC

    The Portland Mercury is blogging that the the $30M in the Governor’s Transportation Package for continued Columbia River Crossing planning is under attachattack in the Legislature. Be still my heart…

  • Where’s Waldo? Traffic Forecast Inflation

    There’s a great post on World Streets today about ways to inflate traffic forecasts (primarily to boost projections of toll revenue, but also potentially to justify projects). Today’s question: how many of these can you find in the Columbia River Crossing Draft Environmental Impact Statement?

  • All Bikes at City Club This Week

    From the City Club bulletin: In Portland, bicycling is more than a way to get around – it’s a way of life. According to the League of American Bicyclists, Portland is America’s number-one major city for biking. A significant economic force, Portland’s bicycle industry generated nearly $90 million and sustained approximately 1,000 jobs last year.…

  • Duin Takes on CRC Design

    Steve Duin’s Thursday column in the O blasts the Columbia River Crossing design. Among other things he quotes members of the project design advisory committee who have figured out that like other citizens trying to influence the project, they’re there for window dressing, not to actually change the DOTs’ agenda: Jeff Stuhr at Holst Architecture…

  • Bus of the Future – in Stainless Steel

    Passed on by regular commenter Ron Swaren: An engineer has designed an electric bus that runs on battery power. Putting motors in each wheel makes a transmission and driveshaft unnecessary, and allows the bus to ride closer to the ground for ease of entry. Using stainless steel also reduces weight. The prototype increases fuel efficiency…