Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Streetcar Guts

    I had the opportunity to lead a group from the Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee out to Oregon Iron Works for a check-in on the new vehicle. Here are some photos of the various components coming together. More after the jump…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Amazing Cyclists!

    Listen to the show (mp3, 27.3MB) Oregon is an amazing place to ride a bike not just because of the work of local and state governments. Ordinary citizens like you and me have worked tirelessly over the years in their own unique ways to improve the cycling landscape. We learn more about these bike heroes…

  • Portland to Fund Sellwood?

    Update: I mis-labeled the meeting below and have corrected it. As one reader wrote to us “You guys have to cover this”. This being the idea that the City of Portland should kick in some of its transportation funds, to the tune of $8M per year, to generate much of the local match for the…

  • Transit Boards Get a Little Simpler and More Flexible

    We’re starting to see our Transit Board™ tool show up in some interesting places. And now we’ve made it even simpler to use. Previously there were two ways set up a ‘place’ for a Transit Board: Use our generic look & feel and specify a series of stop ids for the listing Have us create…

  • That’s One, Just One

    Over at Bike Portland they’re reporting that the Oregon Transportation Commission, with $122M of stimulus money to spend, managed to fund exactly ONE bike/ped project. Road builders: rejoice. Planet savers: despair?