Author: Chris Smith

  • CRC Open House Question # 3

    Narrow lanes and a lack of shoulders slow traffic on the Interstate Bridge. A new bridge should feature wider lanes and shoulders to improve the safety and flow of travel. Agree/Disagree. Discuss…

  • CRC Open House Question # 2

    Do you agree with the staff recommendation for transit? Recommendation: Bus Rapid Transit with express bus service Light Rail Transit with express bus service Note that this is not a question of which of the two do you prefer, but whether this is the right set of options to be carried forward into the DEIS.…

  • Factors Affecting Bicycle Demand

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Dill and Kim Voros, Portland State University Topic: Factors Affecting Bicycling Demand: Initial Survey Findings from the Portland Region When: Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • United Streetcar

    United Streetcar is the subsidiary that Oregon Iron Works has formed to construct a prototype domestic streetcar (in partnership with Skoda). Here’s the big press event with a long list of VIPs: United Streetcar, LLC, a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (OIW), has been selected to produce the nation’s first modern, domestically-produced streetcar. OIW…

  • Get Your Streetcar Passes Now

    Sam Adams has decided that transit passes will indeed be honored on the Tram so that regular commuters don’t get soaked with the $4 single-ticket price. As reader Frank Dufay notes, I’m sitting pretty because Sam has included Streetcar Annual Passes on the list of honored fare instruments: So now, Chris, your $100.00 a year…