Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Travel Time Estimation

    First seminar of the Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series, and the 200th seminar in the series! Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robert L. Bertini, Portland State University Topic: Travel Time Estimation for Traffic Management and Traveler Information When: Friday, April 4, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm Where: PSU Urban Center…

  • Nudging Our Way to Carbon Neutrality

    Is getting more sustainable more about lots of little signals than about big sacrifices? That’s what a recent NY Times article suggests.

  • CRC – Who Pays?

    In yesterday’s O, Joe Cortright asks who will pay for the Columbia River Crossing, and perhaps more importantly, what won’t we be able to pay for as a result?

  • CRC and Sprawl

    The Oregonian looks at the “sprawl angle” of the Columbia River Crossing: As Metro Council president David Bragdon sees it, the challenge is how to build a bridge “without 100,000 people thinking they can move to Battle Ground.”

  • A Little Less Blind

    The City of London is distributing 10,000 free blind-spot mirrors to truckers in a move aimed at addressing 9 deaths of cyclists in collisions with trucks last year. The cost is not given, but it’s part of a £49.6m road safety campaign. Should the City of Portland do something similar? Could we find a foundation…