Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Parking Master at PSU

    Donald Shoup is an oft-quoted academic on the topic of parking. He was invoked recently by Sam Adams in his proposal to put parking meters on Hawthorne. Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Topic: The High Cost of Free Parking…

  • CRC Open House Question # 8

    Travelers using cars, trucks and public transit need more reliable travel times between Portland and Clark County. Agree/Disagree. Discuss…

  • Creative Re-use of Rails

    Passed on by a reader. I don’t know quite what to make of it.

  • Last Two CRC Open Houses Finalized

    This is your last chance to check out the staff recommendations for alternatives (or lack thereof) to go into the DEIS phase before the task force votes on 2/23 2/27. PORTLAND Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (corrected time) – (not 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.) 12050 N. Jantzen Dr. Portland, OR (former…

  • Royce Pollard on the CRC and Transit

    Update: 1/27/07 The Oregonian gets behind Royce with an editorial in support of Light Rail to Clark County. Original Post: 1/25/07 Vancouver (USA) Mayor Royce Pollard called for bringing Light Rail to Vancouver on the Columbia River Crossing in his State of the City address, according to yesterday’s Oregonian. “I’ve said it before, but it…