Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Schools and Congestion

    A reader passed on this article from the UK suggesting that a significant portion of AM peak congestion may be due to the combination of school trips with employment commute trips. So if we got all of our kids walking and biking to school, how much of our morning congestion could we do away with?

  • Pls Wtch the TLAs

    I had an e-mail from a reader who’s having trouble following all the acronyms we drop into our conversations. He has to Google some of the terms we use. I’m afraid I’m probably as bad as anyone else. So if you’re talking about TPAC, a CAC or some ROW, try to spell it out the…

  • Streetcar Vehicle Pipeline

    Update: The vehicles are apparently snowed in in Wyoming. Earliest possible arrival is Monday. Two pieces of news on new Streetcar Vehicles: Cars 8, 9 and 10 are almost here from the Czech Republic! Cars 8 and 9 landed in Baltimore just after Christmas and car 10 cleared customs in NJ on New Year’s Eve…

  • CRC to Heal Vancouver?

    In today’s Daily Journal of Commerce, Mayor Royce Pollard of Vancouver is quoted as hoping that based on the ramp design and possibly capping portions of I-5, he’s hoping the CRC will help heal Vancouver’s downtown. “The concern for me and the community is that we have an opportunity to heal and reconstruct what was…

  • Last MTIP Comment Opportunity Feb 13

    From Metro: On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, beginning at 5:30 p.m., 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 2008-11 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). The hearing will be held in the…