Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Bridge Book at PSU Seminar

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Sharon Wood Wortman, author of “The Portland Bridge Book” Topic: Bridge Stories When: Friday, October 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • “Bundling” Strategies Changing?

    Via Planetizen: In recent years we’ve seen a series of ballot measures (sometimes property taxes, but more often sales taxes) around the country to fund ‘balanced’ transportation investments, i.e., a combination of (usually rail) transit and roads. Metro has been watching the political tea leaves for some time calculating whether such a measure would pass…

  • Getting Presidential

    We usually avoid candidate politics here because we’re organized as a 501(c)(3) and can’t take positions on candidates. But we can provide a neutral forum, and I’m going to try to do that with this post. I was struck by a post over on the Daily Score about Barak Obama’s energy and climate plan. So…

  • PSU Launches Transit Boards

    Our technology continues to spread :-) PSU has just added a set of our Transit Boards™ to their Transportation and Parking Services site!

  • Hauling Trash, Lots of Trash

    Metro has issued a draft RFP for transport of the region’s waste to Arlington (see press release). I haven’t read the whole RFP document (PDF, 3.5M), but it’s pretty clear that rail and barge options are under consideration. Readers may recall that this was a promise by Metro President David Bragdon.