Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This

    I actually find myself agreeing with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. No, not when she says that bicycle paths aren’t transportation infrastructure. But in yesterday’s O, she has a letter to the editor pointing out that increasing gas taxes would not help deal with congestion. She’s right, congestion pricing would be a much better…

  • Elasticy of Roadway Demand Illustrated Again

    There was a lot of discussion in various media and blogs last week about the traffic jam that didn’t materialize when I-5 was severely limited during construction in the Seattle area. Demonstrating once again that all those drivers apparently do have real choices. Either the trips really weren’t vital, or they have other options. Here’s…

  • Fall CRC Update

    The Columbia River Crossing project has scheduled several additional open houses in October: Wednesday, October 17 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Former Hayden Island Yacht Club 12050 N. Jantzen Drive, Portland, Oregon Saturday, October 20 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lincoln Elementary School 4200 NW Daniels, Vancouver, WA And the only remaining task force meeting…

  • Forums? Or…?

    There was a suggestion last week on the ‘open thread’ that we have some kind of forums section here on Portland Transport (i.e., a place where anyone can post, without requiring approval from the management). I’m interested what people think about that. I must say I’m a little worried that the trolls would take it…

  • Maintenance, Safety Funding Packages Looks Viable

    The latest polling reveals reasonable support for a combination of funding sources to help pay for reducing Portland’s $422M street maintenance backlog and helping fund a variety of safety projects. The PDOT press release is copied below. You can also find the overview presentation on the polling on portlandonline.com. And here is the Oregonian coverage.…