Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Buses Done Right

    Streetfilms has a great video of the bus system in Boulder, CO. Erik is going to salivate. I particularly like the bike storage in the luggage compartment. We could use room for six bikes on the #96, which I’ve pretty much given up on because the bike racks are always full.

  • Davis, Revisited

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2008 Transportation Seminar Series At the beginning of the Fall term, we still had a few Friday slots to be filled. Well, now they have all been filled up. Plus we have updated the seminar website, and have put the archives (by date or by subject) on…

  • CRC Mantra: Job Creation

    I’m at the JPACT retreat this morning, where among other things the regional legislative strategy for the 2009 Oregon Legislative session is being discussed. The Port of Portland lobbyist is inculcating a mantra of “job creation” as the top line message for the Columbia River Crossing. I was muttering under my breath: “environmental destruction.”

  • “Transportation for America” Launches Today

    A new national advocacy effort is being launched today: Transportation for America (T4) is a broad coalition of housing, environmental, public health, urban planning, transportation and other organizations focused on creating a 21st Century national transportation program. T4’s goal is to build a modernized infrastructure and healthy communities where people can live, work and play…

  • NOW: Driven to Despair

    I had several readers drop me a note late last week about the episode of PBS’s NOW magazine show that aired on Friday: Driven to Despair NOW on PBS With gas prices spiking and home values crumbling, the American dream of commuting to work from the fringes of suburbia has become an American nightmare. Many…