Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Making Transportation Concurrency More Multimodal

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Ruth Steiner, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida Topic: Making Transportation Concurrency More Multimodal: Lessons from Washington and Florida When: Friday, April 13, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • Where’s the Justice in it?

    Yesterday’s Trib has a lengthy article (and companion story) on health issues along the I-5 corridor in North Portland linked to the freeway and the emissions that come with it. I think this issue (environment justice) is given far too little consideration in the Columbia Crossing discussions. The federal regs will actually require Metro to…

  • Crunch Time for Burnside

    City Council will take up Commissioner Adams’ request to fund initial engineering on the West Burnside/Couch couplet tomorrow (3pm Time Certain). Whether you’re a fan or a foe of the project, this is your best opportunity to influence the outcome. Commissioner Saltzman appears to be skeptical. No word on the other 3 members, but Sam…

  • Biodiesel Market Dynamics in Portland

    A Daily Journal of Commerce article suggests that the capital investment to distribute biodiesel in various blends coupled with the City of Portland mandate, might force some distributors to choose either to invest or get out of the City.

  • The State of the Conversation

    I’m concerned. In the last few weeks, it seems to me that the tone of comments has gotten a lot angrier, and conversation is more often turning to personalities and motivations than to policy. This may be in part because I’m spending less time actively moderating the conversation (I’m pretty busy with a political campaign…