Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Hertz Jumps into Car Sharing

    They’re calling their program “Connect by Hertz”. Dave over at carsharing.us has the details. No word on when they might hit Portland.

  • Stimulus Looking Greener?

    Opinions vary… My first reaction to the President-elect’s radio address this weekend was the same as the folks over at Streetsblog (where they have posted the address): too much focus on roads and bridges. But urbanist columnist Neal Peirce is more optimistic. He proposes three filters for stimulus projects: States instead could be instructed to…

  • To Wave or Not to Wave?

    Randy Gragg has a nice post over at Portland Spaces on the two alternative designs for the Transit/Ped/Bike bridge proposed for the Milwaukie Light Rail project.

  • CRC Peer Review Unlikely to Convince Skeptics

    Saturday’s Oregon reports on the presentation of a peer review panel of “leading traffic forecasters from Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas and Sacramento”. The panel’s conclusion: A bridge with double the current number of lanes would have “minimal” impact on growth, the panel concluded, even though the project would nearly eliminate the evening rush-hour for commuters from…

  • Least Cost Planning

    The annual Oregon Business Plan Summit is next week, and in advance of the meeting they’ve published a discussion paper on transportation (PDF, 138K). I find one point especially refreshing: 3. Develop new transportation planning and project selection tools to assure that each dollar spent on new transportation capacity achieves the greatest return on investment.…