Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Looking for a Few Good Transit Riders

    … to beta-test a new transit information tool. MAX riders preferred. Contact me at webmaster@portlandtransport.com.

  • Calling All Parking Geeks

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Marc Guichard, Metro Topic: Where the Rubber Leaves the Road: A Snapshot of Two Current Efforts to Manage Parking Issues in Regional Centers When: Friday, February 15, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • Land Use Impacts May Tip Biofuels into the Red

    From the New York Times, the loss of natural ecosystems on land used to grow biomass may outweigh the benefits of biofuels in reducing greenhouse gases.

  • How the Feds Mess with Transit Projects

    Here’s a great article from the Pioneer Press in Minneapolis/St. Paul that talks about how the FTA calculates a Cost Effectiveness Index for transit projects. The Streetcar Loop is going through the same process and is subject to the same 23.99 magic number. Our problem is that every time we submit data that gets us…

  • Eddington Report Staffer to Speak in Portland

    From Metro: In the evening of February 25, Oliver Jones will speak at Metro as part of the Transportation Speaker Series. Metro Council Chamber, 7:30pm This event is free and open to the public About Oliver Jones – Oliver Jones is a former UK Senior Civil Servant. Having graduated from Cambridge University in England, he…