Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Last Mile Groceries

    Update: 10/9/06 The Sunday Oregonian has an article discussing how Safeway, Albertsons and New Seasons are approaching this market opportunity. Update: 10/3/06 I spotted the creature in the wild on my street this morning. Apologies for the cell phone photo.

  • Karmically Appropriate Way to Support Portland Transport

    Here’s a new way to support Portland Transport. Of course you can always hit the Donate button over to the right (please do!) – but here’s another method that includes a values statement. Turn over your car keys! That’s right, we now have a vehicle donation program. Got an old (or not so old) car…

  • New York Times Editorializes for Diesel

    Specifically, for low-particulate-emitting diesel cars.

  • Updated: CRC and River Navigation

    Update: 10/05/06 The Metro Council received a briefing on the CRC at their work session on Tuesday and commented on the potential of realigning the barge channel through the rail bridge as a way to simplify the overall problem, and the difficulty with doing so because of the private ownership of the rail bridge. The…

  • Feisty Trail Meeting in Lake O

    Metro planned for 40-50 attendees at last night’s workshop on the trail portion of the Willamette Shoreline transit/trail alternatives analysis. They got a substantially larger turnout, apparently due to outreach among neighborhoods along the alignment. The small-group format, designed to answer the planners’ questions about project parameters, went out the window as attendees politely but…