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What Driverless Vehicles “See”
A few weeks ago we had a comment thread debate about whether autonomous vehicles would drive more safely than humans. The question was posed whether a driverless car could ‘see’ a pedestrian in dark clothes on a rainy night. This tweet claims that Google’s vehicle gathers about 1GB of data each second. I’m pretty sure…
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What Are We Going To Do With All That Parking?
It’s an interesting juxtaposition. As reported on Bike Portland, the City of Portland is trying to determine how much parking we need in corridors and centers. At the same time Atlantic Cities is reporting on efforts by architects to figure out how to re-purpose unneeded parking into other uses, with the theme that we need…
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More Work on Replacing LOS
We continue to look for alternatives to the dreaded, auto-oriented “Level of Service” as the way to measure the performance of our streets… PSU Transportation Seminar: Speaker: Shaun Quayle, Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Topic: Piloting Portland’s MultiModal Arterial Performance System When: Friday, November 22, 2013, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Summary: Shaun…
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NOW is the Time to Pay Attention to the SW Corridor
The “purpose and need” statement for the SW Corridor project is now out for review. This is perhaps one of the most critical documents in the history of the project. The purpose and need statement becomes the yardstick for all future decisions in the project. Arguably a flawed purpose and need statement is what allowed…
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Updated Again: Sharpening Our Game on Bicycle Advocacy
Updated 11/14/13: BTA may be squirming a bit on their infographic, but the advocacy continues – they’re holding an Advocacy 101 training on November 19 (5:30pm), pizza by Old Town Pizza. Updated 11/13/13: BTA has updated the graphic with revised numbers. You can see the new graphic and the explanation of the changes at their…