Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Aversion to Transit Privatization

    Apparently after the transit system was privatized in a Chinese town, the operator doubled fares. The result: rioting. Still want to privatize TriMet? Hat tip to Ellie Blue.

  • Reader Milestone

    Yesterday we passed 10,000 comments in the history of the blog. Way to go readers!

  • SpotScout

    Well, I suppose it was inevitable. This system creates a marketplace, accessed via cell phone, for available parking spaces.

  • Why We Don’t Use Congestion Pricing

    Here’s an interesting piece on the reasons we don’t see congestion pricing in use. Here are the top-line bullets: No One Cares (congestion is not so bad that we can’t live with it) Equity Considerations (congestion pricing is regressive) Congestion Pricing Suffers from a Mismatch Between Economic and Political Efficiency (economists don’t call the political…

  • How Far Will You Walk to Transit?

    Perhaps further than you thought. A new study suggests that the distance people will walk to transit (generally assumed to be 1/4 mile or so) may be less a function of distance than of the obstacles they find along the way. Major findings: Pedestrians walk farther to access light rail stations than commonly assumed, with…