Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • 30 Years of Trolleybus Advocacy

    Long-time transit advocates will be familiar with Ray Polani. Ray has been advocating for a greater role for public transit for decades, most recently focusing on the need to run MAX under the river and underground through downtown for greater speed and efficiency. Ray is old-school, he doesn’t use a computer. Nonetheless he heard about…

  • Bunk Beds for Cars

    The Daily Journal of Commerce is reporting on the first project in Portland that will employ parking “lifts”, a technology that lets you elevate one car, so you can park another one underneath. Here’s a site for a German vendor offering the same technology.

  • Transportation Job: Safe Routes to School Coordinator

    Via the SHIFT list: DEADLINE: 4:30 pm, Monday, November 6, 2006 Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator Portland Office of Transportation – Bureau of Transportation Systems Management Recruitment No. 06-259 Approximate Monthly Salary: $4,534 – $6,047 The Position The Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator will provide overall program coordination for the programs of the…

  • Missing Issue in Governor Race

    This spring, we tried to get the Gubernatorial candidates to response to a questionnaire on transportation. We failed miserably. Jim Mayer of the O did a little better, but transportation certainly is not a big issue in the campaign.

  • Parking Meters = Gentrification?

    Update: 10/18/06 According to yesterday’s O, Sam is not making much progress with the Hawthorne folks. Original Post: 10/6/06 Commissioner Sam has been advocating for parking meters in neighborhood business districts, including Hawthorne. He’s been using Pasadena’s historic shopping district as a case study, citing improvements in turnover driving more profitable business. Well, Willamette Week…