Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Congestion: Average Travel Time vs. Reliability

    I had the opportunity to attend a “Travel Time Reliability” workshop at Metro a few weeks ago (I never said I wasn’t a wonk). The speaker was kind enough to forward the PowerPoint since I wanted to blog about a few of the slides. My point here is that when most people think about congestion,…

  • Truck Only Lanes

    Via Planetizen, at least nine states are looking at truck-only lanes.

  • Celebrating Transportation

    There’s an interesting trend developing, celebrations intended to promote alternate transportation in various forms. Here are three events that recently got added to our calendar: A First Thursday promenade of alternative vehicles A celebration to kick off the Sullivan’s Gulch trail master plan process A cross-walk-a-thon to celebrate improved crosswalks in NW Portland What other…

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show:

    Carl and Ayleen interview Portlanders who gave up driving for the month of July as part of the Low-Car-Diet Challenge. Hear how bikes fit into their transportation mix. Chris Smith will discuss transportation aspects of the upcoming Project Homeless Connect, along with volunteer opportunities. 9-10AM, Wednesday, August 1st KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm…

  • Web of Streetcars

    Most of Sam Adam’s speech at City Club on Friday was about the more dismal question of how to pay for maintenance, but the Oregonian coverage leads with the idea for a City-wide Streetcar plan. Sam hearkened back to the 1920’s when Portland had over 100 miles of Streetcar tracks. You can download the full…