Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • CRC Tolls Highlighted

    According to the Trib, last week when the Columbia River Crossing staff gave the Metro Council an update, they indicated that tolls would be a required financing tool (amouts TBD) and that it might be necessary to toll I-205 across the Columbia as well.

  • Local Ethanol Refinery in the Works

    The Business Journal is reporting that ground has been broken for an Ethanol plant in in Longview. Production is still 18 months away. Time to buy Oregon corn futures?

  • Patience Not Always a Virtue

    The cover article in today’s Trib (“Streetcar planning calls for patience”) seems to suggest that Streetcar is going too fast! For the record, I don’t think we need to slow down, all I’m concerned about is that our Streetcar lines are well-planned and that every potential community has the opportunity to make their case for…

  • Our Event is On!

    We have a venue. The first ever Portland Transport face-to-face gathering will happen at 6pm on Thursday, December 14th at Wynne’s, at 20th and SE Division. (That’s 2002 SE Division, 97202 for those of you who want to plug in to Google Maps). We’ll have a private room and no-host access to the menu and…

  • An Intriguing Bus Idea

    Hat tip to reader Elly Blue who pointed us to this essay on an interesting plan for integrating intercity buses and urban transit from the UK. Maybe we should move the bus station to the Rose Quarter to be near the intersection of I-5 and I-84?