Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • FTA not Sympathetic to AORTA Request

    A week or so ago, there was a small blurb in the Tribune that the Federal Transit Administration had rejected AORTA’s call for an independent review of the Transit Mall LRT project. Portland Transport requested a copy of the FTA response from TriMet. Here’s a scan of the letter (PDF 1.1M). Cutting to the bottom…

  • End in Sight for Fareless Square?

    Friday’s Tribune reported on a recommendation from a TriMet advisory committee suggesting that it might be time to terminate fareless square. There seem to be a number of factors at play here: TriMet is squeezed to pay for operating costs for the new Green Line, and could use the extra fare revenue. The City of…

  • Japanese Streetscapes Redux

    For those of you who missed Portland Transport contributor Rick Browning’s presentation of his research on Japanese Streetscapes, you’re in luck. Rick is giving pretty much the same presentation in a couple of other venues: Tuesday 4/25 SE Uplift (neighborhood coalition) – 3534 SE Main 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Call Steve Hoyt at 503/232-0010…

  • Save the Bits!

    OK, this may not be directly a transportation issue (actually, for me it is, since my primary mode of commuting is telecommuting), but anyone who uses the blogosphere should be concerned about this. One of the basic guiding principals that has made the Internet successful is that all packets are equal (this is sometimes expressed…

  • Portland Bike Summit Takes Shape

    The official announcement is out. Plan on being at the PSU Smith Center from 8:30 to 1:30 on Saturday, June 17th. Workshops will include: Portland’s I Share the Road campaign Innovations in Bikeways Here and Abroad Who Put the Fun in Bike Fun? From Breakfast on the Bridges to Pedalpalooza New Laws for Bikes –…