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Neighborhood Traffic Calming
The Friday seminar at PSU this week will be about neighborhood traffic calming, a perennial favorite: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Topic: Neighborhood Traffic Calming: From Investigation to Implementation Speakers: Kevin Chang, King County Department of Transportation When: Friday, May 5, 2006, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center…
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Stranger Danger and Transportation
I came across an interesting blog post from a family trying to live car-free for a year. One of the interesting aspects is getting the kids to various places. This launches into the topic of “stranger danger”, the fear that someone is going to abduct our kids. Certainly I know that when our kids were…
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Eastside Transit Alternatives Open House
Mark your calendars. This Wednesday (May 3) there is an open house at Metro (room 370) from 4 to 7pm to review options for circulator transit service from dowtown to the east side. Options include Streetcar and a bus circulator (or doing nothing at all). There will also be a public hearing on May 10th…
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Scenarios, Sensitivity and Resilience in Regional Planning
I started thinking about this post following the Regional Transportation Plan scoping workshop that occurred last week, which others have written about. But it really jelled for me yesterday after another workshop with Metro’s panel of economic advisers (engaged to help validate the models for the 20 year forecasts). During the breakout session for the…
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CRC Task Force Has Trouble Crossing Decision Point
It was a busy meeting for the Columbia River Task Force last night. Their task was to vote on the crossing and transit components to move forward to the next round of analysis. They didn’t get very far. Concerns were raised about the level of outreach in the public comment process (indeed, Portland Transport’s comments,…