Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • KBOO Bike Show: Off-street Trails and Bike and Walk to School

    Featuring a special membership drive program with guest host Tim Calvert discussing the Springwater Trail and his other favorite off-street paths. We talk on the phone with children participating in National Bike and Walk to School Day.

  • Transportation Job: Smart Trips Downtown

    Received from PDOT yesterday: Transportation Options is hiring for a limited term (2 years, possibly longer if additional funding is provided) Transportation Demand Management Specialist I to work on our Smart Trips Downtown program. This program is modeled after our successful Eastside Hub and Northeast Hub individualized education & incentive programs. We will be working…

  • Ramping Up Property Values

    Yesterday’s O tells us that the County is so in need of a lot for a new courthouse that it is considering condemnation for a block that a developer is eyeing for a substantial tower (a very bicycle friendly one by the way). But the companion story makes an interesting point. The adjacent lot currently…

  • Hawthorne Revolt

    Over at Blue Oregon, Frank Dufay is criticizing the service plan for the #14 bus during mall construction. Head over there to read and comment.

  • What’s Up with Trolleybuses?

    The Trolleybus (AKA: electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram) is an interesting technology, crossing the rubber-tired bus with the fixed guideway element of overhead caternary wires. Folks from AORTA have proposed trolleybuses as a lower-cost alternative to Streetcars. The nearest local examples are in Seattle. We also saw trolleybuses in operation…