Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Portland Messengers Rate Mention in the The Economist

    This week’s Economist includes an article datelined Portland that talks about a threat to bicycle messengers: electronic document transmission.

  • Rediscovering the Commons

    Last week I wrote about poor behavior in our common spaces, linking to a particularly nasty experience one reader had on transit. Here’s the flip side. Over at the Daily Score Alan Durning is writing about rediscovering positive interactions (and some negative ones) in the commons, after getting out of his “car-coon”. I can vouch…

  • New Look Exercise # 6

    See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the final set of outcomes. We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when…

  • Phil Knight’s Obsession with the Suburban Campus

    One of the cool things about settling in NW Portland is that I could tell friends and family back east that I was living a few blocks from the Will Vinton Studios, home of “Claymation” and the California Raisins. Phil Knight became an investor, and ultimately owner of the studios, changing the name to Laika,…

  • New Look Exercise # 5

    See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the next set of outcomes. We will know our transportation system is balanced when…