Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Updated: Dynamic Swedes

    Update: 9/18/06 The results are in, and it’s a split decision. Read about it on Gordon Price’s blog. Original Post: 8/30/06 An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal describes a test of a congestion pricing system in Stockholm. But unlike the system in London, which charges a flat rate for entering the city center with…

  • Celebrate Car Free Days 2006

    This weekend the good folks at SHIFT will be hosting Car Free Days 2006. SW Ankeny Street between 3rd and 4th 2nd and 3rd Avenues will be closed to cars for festivities from Friday evening through Sunday. Yes, this is a pretty small area that will be car free, but there’s a method to the…

  • Plotting Traffic

    Here’s a fun Google Maps mashup from Southern California. Hat tip to Kari Chilsom Chisholm for the pointer.

  • Bridge Gets its Own Web Site

    That’s right. The Sellwood Bridge now has its very own web site, courtesy of County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey.

  • The Benefits of Small Buses

    One interesting finding from last week’s junket to Vancouver, B.C. is the range of transit vehicles in use, from SkyTrain (more on SkyTrain in another post) and catamaran ferries to trolley buses and more traditional diesel buses. I was struck by the use of smaller diesel buses. When I inquired, I was told that these…