Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Electric Bikes on Oregon Roads

    A fun article in Tuesday’s Trib on electric-assist bikes. An interesting assertion in the article is that when in powered mode, such bikes can’t be in the bike lane. Is this true? Is it good policy?

  • Legislative CRC Meeting Today

    A meeting I had not heard of, passed along courtesy of Jim Karlock. Thanks, Jim! Joint Meeting of the Washington Senate Transportation Committee and the Oregon Senate Business, Transportation, and Workforce Development Committee Friday, February 16, 2007 11:30am – 2pm Port of Portland Building 121 NW Everett Portland, OR AGENDA Welcoming Remarks    Senator Rick Metsger…

  • Advanced Topics in Congestion

    At the last TPAC workshop on the Regional Transportation Plan update, Metro presented their research on roadway conditions (freeways and arterials). There are some very interesting ways to visualize the situation. [Note: click on any slide to see a larger (and clearer) version.] A table showing what portion of our freeway and arterial network is…

  • Federal Congestion Policy

    At a recent meeting of Commissioner Adams transportation operations group, we had a presentation from an FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) official on USDOT initiatives on congestion. There are four initiatives: Corridors of the Future Urban Partnership Agreements Value Pricing Pilot Program Intelligent Transportation System Operational Tests Corridors of the future is pretty much a capacity…

  • Local Congestion 101

    It’s congestion day at Portland Transport! All three posts today will be on various aspects of the issue of roadway congestion. Jim Mayer has a niece piece in the Sunday O (“Car-choked highways certain to get worse“) about the current and likely future states of auto congestion in the region. It does a nice job…