Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Lovely

    A great vision from APTA (American Public Transit Association), but I’d be more interested a political and financial plan to get us there.

  • Local Match for High Speed Rail?

    Earl is suggesting that even with current funding challenges, Oregon and Washington should set aside some funds to serve as a match to get a share of the $8B in high speed rail funding in the stimulus bill. I nominate shifting all Columbia River Crossing funding to this effort…

  • Sharing and Openness

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robin Chase, founder and former CEO of Zipcar, founder and current CEO of GoLoco and Meadow Networks Topic: How Sharing and Openness Should Play a Critical Role in Our Transportation Future When: Friday, March 13, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban…

  • Mark Your Calendars

    Updated: 3/6/09 It’s official. Original Post: 3/5/09 Circle tomorrow’s date. It may go down as the day Portland significantly tarnished its green cred. The Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council will almost certainly vote to approve a 12-lane footprint for the bridge, while expressing conceptual agreement for a bi-state governance structure that will manage performance…

  • Car Free Happy Hour

    Here’s a great idea that came over transom this week via the SHIFT list. I’m going to try to get there: What’s your vision of sustainable transportation and how to make it happen for Portland and the greater world? How do you get around in Portland in and in the greater world? What are you…