Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: The Metal Cowboy

    The KBOO Bike Show will feature Joe Kurmaski, also known as the Metal Cowboy, on how touring across the country with his kids brought him to a new point in his life. 9-10AM, Wednesday, November 1st KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Mall Bus Stop Relocations

    TriMet has released the detailed locations of bus stops relocated for the Transit Mall reconstruction starting in January.

  • RTP Exercise: Fiscal Stewardship

    This is the sixth and final in a series of posts in the first phase of our online RTP policy exercise. Your job is to describe what the outcomes will look like if the RTP succeeds in producing the 2040 objective of Fiscal Stewardship: Stewardship of the public infrastructure ensures that the needs and expectations…

  • Updated: Mega Ships

    Update: 10/26/06 The New York Times reported this week that the electorate in Panama has voted by a wide margin to approve $5B+ to widen the canal. Original Post: 10/11/06 Having just reviewed The Box about containerization, I’m probably a little over-sensitized to container shipping issues, but the article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (“Giants…

  • RTP Exercise: Equity

    This is the fifth in a series of six posts in the first phase of our online RTP policy exercise. Your job is to describe what the outcomes will look like if the RTP succeeds in producing the 2040 objective of Equity: Equitable access to affordable housing, jobs, transportation, recreation and services for people in…