Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Portland Peak Oil Task Force Appointed

    Released by the City on Friday: CITY OF PORTLAND ANNOUNCES PEAK OIL TASK FORCE Eleven citizens to provide recommendations for responding to rising oil prices and diminishing supplies Portland, Ore-Commissioner Dan Saltzman today announced the members of the City of Portland’s Peak Oil Task Force, a citizen advisory group that will provide recommendations to City…

  • In Defense of Rail Transit

    Rail transit is regularly criticized, including by some commenters on this site, as cost-ineffective with respect to buses or other modes, particularly with respect to reducing congestion.. VTPI has recently produced an overview of the literature on the benefits of trail transit (PDF, 36K).

  • Eastside Streetcar Gets a Little More Real

    Update: 06 July 2006: The tour continues – yesterday Portland City Council unanimously approved the locally preferred alternative. But apparently the Milwaukie delegation had visited earlier with their “don’t forget us” message. Commissioner Adams pledged to work to make both projects happen. Update: 30 June 2006: The tour of local governments to approve the Eastside…

  • Transit Surfer Simplified, More Functional For Cell Phone Users

    Over the weekend, we made some significant changes to our Transit Surfer tool. Previously, we had three different interfaces, one for desktop browsers, one for PDAs with HTML browsers, and one for cell phones with WAP/WML browsers. The WAP version has been the weakest, with poor navigation tools. We’ve scrapped that approach and moved to…

  • Flexcar Low-Car Diet Challenge

    Update 5 July 2006: Just got a press release: looks like the Challenge is having a kick-off event tomorrow (July 6) at 11am at Pioneer Courthouse Square with the Mayor and other dignitaries. Original Post 4 July 2006: A piece in this morning’s Trib profiles one family participating in a program sponsored by Flexcar, TriMet,…