Author: Chris Smith

  • America Leads

    This month’s issue of the Sierra Club magazine has an article on our energy future. It looks at 3 scenarios for energy usage in the U.S.: Business as Usual, Best Current Practices and “America Leads”, an intensive effort on conservation and renewable sources: AMERICA LEADS In the third scenario, our country embraces not only today’s…

  • You Asked For It: Open Thread on Topics

    One of the pieces of feedback from the Reader Survey was a request to have a place to make suggestions for subjects for future posts. So here it is. Add your comment at any time for a topic suggestion. There will be a slight makeover of the home page soon (related to other feedback from…

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Blogging

    New KBOO Bike Show Collective member Tori Bortman will host with Ayleen. They will interview Jonathan Maus from BikePortland.org, the world’s most popular bike blog. 9-10AM, Wednesday, January 3rd KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Streetcar Options in LO

    The Lake Oswego transit alternatives analysis hasn’t settled on a mode yet, but if Streetcar comes up as the winner, there are going to be some interesting choices for how to terminate the alignment. In any case, the Streetcar will help spur development in the Foothills district between Highway 43 and the Willamette. There are…

  • Next Round of Public Input on Columbia River Crossing Starts

    As we’ve discussed, the staff recommendation (PDF, 1.8M) for the Environmental Impact Statement phase of the analysis of the Columbia River Crossing product is to look at two options (in addtion to the “no build” do nothing option which is required by Federal rules): Replacement Freeway Bridge with Light Rail and Replacement Freeway Bridge with…