Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • A Bluetooth-powered Augmented Reality Vision of the Future

    The folks at GlobeSherpa are thinking big. I love their new video (and the suggestion that you could take a Streetcar from downtown to North Williams): Here’s the full post describing their vision.

  • Oregonian Finally Notices Illogic of CRC

    While the Editorial Board continues to tell us that the Columbia River Crossing must be built, at least over on the news side they managed to read the toll analysis and figure out that: 1) Traffic is not growing at the rates that were used to justify the project 2) Tolling I-5 without tolling I-205…

  • Who Really Pays for Parking?

    The excellent folks at Sightline have looked at recent multifamily construction in Seattle and analyzed the parking use and financing. The conclusion – zoning regulations and bank demands result in more parking being built than needed, and the parking loses money. That means folks are making up the difference in what they pay for housing,…

  • CRC Tolling Analysis Released

    ODOT has released the investment-grade analysis of toll revenue for the Columbia River Crossing (PDF) and has concluded that the revenue is sufficient to fund the project (surprise) if tolling begins in 2016. We hope to have a critique from Joe Cortright shortly.

  • A Little Wonkery From One of Our Own

    The PSU Winter Transportation Seminar Series kicks off with a panel of student presentations, including one from Portland Transport contributor Zef Wagner: Speakers: Nick Foster, Christopher Muhs and Zef Wagner, Portland State University Topics: Evaluating Driver and Pedestrian Behaviors at Enhanced Multilane Midblock Pedestrian Crossings: Case Studies in Portland, OR — Bicycling is Different: Built Environment Relationships…