Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Rush Hour Redefined

    Via Planetizen: How will telework change commuting patterns? Today the virtual work place trend is apparent in college towns across the U.S. like Amherst, Mass., and lifestyle locales like Asheville, N.C., and Bellingham, Wash., which are quickly becoming quality of life destinations for boomers developing their own virtual companies. Rather than experiencing clog ups during…

  • Telling CRC Headline

    From the Daily Journal of Commerce this morning: Columbia River Crossing builds contention instead of connections

  • More VMT Tax Trials

    I just finished listening to last week’s presentation on the ODOT trial of a mileage tax and I came away impressed by just how complicated both the study and the means of collecting the info for the tax were. I wonder if the Puget Sound trial was less complicated? Portland State University Center for Transportation…

  • Kulongoski Calls for Congestion Pricing as Advocacy Group Launches CRC Alternatives Web Site

    Speaking to the Oregon Environmental Council, Governor Kulongoski spoke strongly in support of congestion pricing (in the form of variable tolling at bottleneck points in the system). See Oregonian coverage and commentary by Jeff Mapes. Interestingly he has slightly altered his rhetoric about the Columbia River Crossing. He spoke of “offsetting” the greenhouse gas emissions…

  • Hybrids Too Quiet?

    Jeff Mapes muses on his Oregonian blog about whether hybrids need to be noisier to be safe.