Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • 13 Groups Request CRC Comment Period Extension

    Led by the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, thirteen organizations have signed on to a letter (PDF, 81K) requesting an additional 60 days be added to the comment period for the Columbia River Crossing Draft Environmental Impact statement. From the letter: Concerned citizens and implicated agencies cannot adequately participate in the NEPA process if they are…

  • Willamette Week Takes on the CRC

    As it’s cover story: “A Bridge Over the River Why?“

  • Apparently We’re Polite

    The Daily Journal of Commerce is reporting on a survey that pegs Portland drivers as the 2nd most courteous in the nation, after Pittsburgh. I can believe it. When I moved here two decades ago from the Boston area, I felt like a wolf among sheep for the first couple of years…

  • TriMet Pilots New Interactive Map

    TriMet is now in beta-test on a new interactive system map. For now it’s Firefox-only :-)

  • Where Do People Bicycle? The Role of Infrastructure

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jennifer Dill, Portland State University Topic: Where Do People Bicycle? The Role of Infrastructure in Determining Bicycling Behavior This seminar will present results from the BikeGPS study that collected data from Portland area bicyclists using GPS technology. The study collected data from…