Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • TriMet Finalizes Mall Bus Relocation Plan

    After reviewing all the comments, TriMet has released their complete plan, to go into operation in January of 2007. 17 bus lines will run on 3rd and 4th avenues, carrying 85 percent of downtown riders on weekdays. 7 bus lines will run on Columbia and Jefferson streets, carrying 6 percent of weekday downtown riders. Line…

  • Happy Birthday to … Us!

    Yes, today is the anniversary of the first post here on Portland Transport. While we didn’t go public until the following week, it was a year ago that we first cajoled friends and family to take a peek at this thing we had created – and please leave some comments so visitors would see some…

  • Happy Birthday to the Interstate Highway System

    As an article in last week’s Economist (sorry, you probably have to jump through some registration screens to see this) reminds us, it was 50 years ago this month that President Eisenhower signed the bill creating the Interstate Highway System (hanging a carrot of 90% Federal matching funds in front of states). The impact on…

  • New Look Exercise # 4

    See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the fourth set of outcomes. We will know we are protecting farms, forest, rivers, streams and natural areas when…

  • Shades for a Planet

    Add a new word to your lexicon: geoengineering – the idea of deliberately altering the earth’s natural systems (as opposed to the unintended altering humanity has always done). Today’s New York Times features an article (How to Cool a Planet, Maybe) on the idea of massive programs to alter the reflectivity of the atmosphere and…