Author: Chris Smith

  • Transit Boards(tm) Rolled Out for Lloyd TMA

    We’re happy to announce that in partnership with the Lloyd Transportation Management Association, Portland Transport has deployed a set of Transit Boards™ for the Lloyd District. Check it out at the Lloyd TMA’s website (scroll down to the map)! This also introduces a new user interface approach for Transit Board, displaying in a pop-up window.

  • Cost of Congestion at City Club

    The Cost of Congestion: How Traffic Jams Waste More Than Just Your Time City Club Friday Forum – March 31, 2006 Panelists: Jay T. Waldron, President of Port of Portland Commission and Co-Chair of Metro’s Transportation Investment Task Force Ann Gardner, Government Relations Manager, Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Michael Powell, Powell’s City of Books According…

  • Sellwood Slighted?

    Unfortunately, I was not able to recruit a correspondent for Wednesday’s meeting on the Sellwood Bridge. It was competing with MPAC and the Columbia Crossing meetings the same night. But I’m a little surprised that I haven’t see any coverage in the Oregonian or Tribune. Did I miss it? The only coverage I’ve heard so…

  • Transportation as Plumbing, Considering the RTP Update

    At Wednesday’s MPAC meeting, Metro Councilor Rod Park gave a briefing to MPAC on the update to the Regional Transportation Plan that is now being launched. For the first time, the region’s land use and transportation plans are being updated at the same time, a unique opportunity to really examine our regions priorities. A few…

  • My Trip: Cycling in the Burbs

    It seems like a lot of the long trips I make these days have to do with medical care (happily not too often). Either I’m seeing a specialist who is located somewhere in the burbs, or in the case of my annual physical, I’m trekking out to Washington County. Few of my Portland friends know…