Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Transportation Seminar Now Podcast

    The excellent weekly Friday lunchtime PSU transportation seminars are now being podcast (archived video has always been available). You can get the RSS feed for the podcast, or a link to subscribe in iTunes at the Seminar page.

  • California Takes Microstep Toward High Speed Rail

    Via Planetizen: About $15M just got allocated toward planning for an initial segment of a 700-mile high-speed rail corridor. More interesting, the idea that $10B toward the project could be on the ballot in 2008.

  • Additional CRC Materials Online

    The Columbia River Crossing project has put the materials from their recent round of open houses online: Open House Materials Display boards Bridge, transit mode and transit alignment choices handouts Aerial maps showing alternatives Comment Form   General Documents Cost Estimates Fact Sheet and Detailed Summary Project Background Project Summary Environmental Justice Highway and Interchanges…

  • Recognition

    There’s a piece in the Daily Journal of Commerce today noting the confirmation of Scott Bricker as Executive Director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (Scott has been interim since this summer). Scott and I have labored side-by-side on a number of issues since we both were appointed to TPAC (Metro’s technocratic – as opposed to…

  • When Transportation Planning Went Off the Rails

    The folks over at Sam Adams office beat me to the punch by posting a wonderful piece from the good folks at the Project for Public Spaces on when and where transportation planning went off the rails, and how it’s coming back. Check it out on CommissionerSam.com.