Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Telling Your Story

    PSU Transportation Seminar: 10 Tips to Tell Your Story in a Thought-Provoking and Technically Truthful Way Speaker: Dave Thompson, Public Information Section Manager, Oregon DOT Topic: 10 Tips to Tell Your Story in a Thought-Provoking and Technically Truthful Way When: Friday, March 7, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstracts: How do…

  • Open Thread – Fat Tuesday Edition

    What’s on your mind?

  • DIY Electric Bikeshare

    This guy has designed a 7-pound add-on that converts a Citibike to an electric bike in seconds. It’s not in production yet, but since most of the bikes Alta deploys have similar design, I suspect it might well work here in Portland when we get bike share online.

  • The Air We Breathe

    PSU Transportation Seminar: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution Speaker: Alex Bigazzi, PhD candidate, Portland State University Topic: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution When: Friday, February 28, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstracts: Urban bicyclists’ uptake of traffic-related air pollution is still not well quantified, due to a lack…

  • County Chair Transportation Conversation

    As a 501(c)(3) Portland Transport does not endorse candidates. But we can and do encourage our readers to get knowledgeable about candidates’ transportation positions. The Multnomah County Chair race may seem like a bit of a sleeper for transportation advocates, but it’s a very important one. The County is responsible for the majority of bridges…