Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Thankful!

    Let me take today’s holiday as an opportunity to express my appreciation and thanks for the community (even the skeptics) that has formed around this site in the last year and a half. A happy holiday to you and yours. We’ll be back with new posts on Monday. Until then, enjoy. Chris

  • Updated: Staff Says Tear Them Down

    Update: 11/22/06 DOT officials continue pushing the message in today’s O. Original Post: 9/29/06 The recommendation from the project staff for the Columbia River Crossing is to remove the existing bridge spans because of seismic issues and challenges with river traffic. But the older span is on the National Register of Historic Places. And a…

  • Congestion Pricing to Hop Atlantic?

    According to Streetsblog, NYC is considering emulating London’s example with congestion pricing.

  • From Traffic Cams to BobbieCams?

    Via Slashdot. Too bizzare to pass over. Apparently the London police are so happy with the ability to use the ANPR (Automatic Plate Number Recongition) technology from London’s cordon pricing system, they’re taking the next step: cameras on the helmets of bobbies. Should we check on where ODOT’s traffic cams are being fed to?

  • Lucky Fred

    In an interview in the Daily Journal of Commerce, TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen describes himself as: … one of the lucky ones because … I can take the (bus) without changing downtown. Fred talks about everything from Commuter Rail to The I-205 line to efficiency efforts at the agency.