Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Variable-priced Parking

    The Saturday Wall Street Journal had an article outlining strategies to manage parking by charging based on demand (the link is only good for 5 days). The price to use a parking space could vary by location or time of time. Donald Shoup, who recently spoke in Portland, is quoted.

  • Gragg Disses Couplet as “an unrelenting sameness”

    In Sunday’s Oregonian Randy Gragg casts the Burnside/Couch couplet debate as a battle between “Road People” and “Urban People”. Apparently Randy would put me in the “Road” coalition, which I find ironic given my efforts on alternative transportation.

  • Coming up on the KBOO Bike Show: B.I.K.E.

    Hosts Sara Stout and Carl Larson will have John Benenate, the founder of B.I.K.E. (Bicycles and Ideas for Kids Empowerment) in the studio to tell us about the youth cycling program he has developed over the last decade. We will also hear the voices of the kids of B.I.K.E., who will share a special history…

  • Streetcar Vision in Print

    Reconnecting America has just published Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century. As you might imagine, it features a lot of material from Portland, and it is also visually beautiful. Every Streetcar fan should have one. You can order it online and it is also available at Powells (it does not have an…

  • Last Crack at the MTIP

    The Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) and the Metro Council will hear public testimony on the draft final list of transportation priorities for the flexible funding portion of the 2008-2011 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) on Tuesday, February 13, 5:30pm at Metro Council Chamber. Ways to make comments: Web site: www.metro-region.org/mtip Fax:503/797-1930 Email:trans@metro.dst.or.us…