Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Open Thread: New Year’s Edition

    What are your thoughts about transportation in the new year?

  • KBOO Bike Show: Best of 2013

     Listen to the show (mp3, 53.7MB) Tori collates some of the best conversations of 2013, including the audience favorite: “ethicist” Randy Cohen.

  • Transit Appliance: Now with Weather

    I usually have some free time around the holidays, and like to use it as an opportunity to advance the Transit Appliance project. This year that looks like adding weather as an option to the display. Want to know if you need your umbrella when you run for the bus? We’ll tell you. The widget…

  • New Year’s Resolution: Honest Traffic Forecasts

    Via Sightline: No, that’s not my resolution, it’s one I’m proposing for Federal and State DOTs. The State Smart Transportation Initiative has looked at 61 years of traffic forecasts and found that in all 61 cases, actual VMT was less than the forecast. This graph makes the case for reforming the forecasting process in the…

  • If you should happen to see…

    A silver/gray Trek 7000 hybrid with a black Soma porteur rack on the front, it’s probably mine. Last night someone literally ripped the door of my bike shed off of its hinges and took my main ride and a few accessories. I’m off to buy bigger hinges now… (Yes, I’ve listed it on the BikePortland…