Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Streetcar in Vancouver, USA?

    One our readers, who in fact suggested the idea in a comment himself, passed along this article from the Columbian. Apparently Vancouver leaders are thinking about a Streetcar as a catalyst for their waterfront development.

  • REMINDER: Streetcar Party! Friday, August 17th

    We’ve been having Streetcar extension opening parties on a more-or-less annual basis for a few years. But the next one is probably 3 or 4 years away (at OMSI). So all the more reason not to miss this one: 11AM – Friday August 17th SW Lowell and Bond – Refreshments! – Entertainment by 3 Leg…

  • Bike and MAX Survey

    TriMet is conducting a survey on using bikes in conjunction with MAX. Here’s their announcement: “TriMet wants to learn more about people who ride both bikes and MAX light rail. We have very little information about how many people are taking bikes on MAX and/or biking to MAX. This survey will tell us where bikers…

  • Streetcar Loop Funding Lurches Forward

    This week has been all about locking down the local match for the Streetcar Loop project. A deadline looms on September 7th to get the necessary info to the FTA to get a $75M Federal grant into the President’s next budget, so a number of things happened this week on the way to September 6th…

  • Portland Transport’s Transit Tools

    This post is intended to serve as the landing page for permanent user documentation for our transit tools, and will be linked from our sidebar navigation to make it easy to find. Currently Portland Transport offers several different tools designed to make it easier for transit system users to access TriMet and NextBus data for…