Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • How Not to Ride MAX

    Thanks to Jonathan Maus from bikeportland.org for this photo he snapped on Sunday near the Gotham Tavern along Interstate MAX.

  • Bi-State Forum March 16th

    Jill Fuglister passes on this notice of the Bi-State economic development forum coming up next week. Transportation is definitely on the agenda: Bi-State Metropolitan Forum: Building a Healthy Economy for Oregon and Washington Thursday, March 16, 8:30 am-3 pm Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom, Portland State University Hosted by the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies…

  • Trib Keeps Digging at Transit Mall

    Two pieces today. An article on the City of Portland’s objection to relocating so many buses to 3rd and 4th during construction (probably not unreasonable) and an analysis piece that suggests that some key decisions were made in poorly publicized meetings (I don’t really buy the idea that anyone was fooled by calling the auto…

  • Burnside Break-up

    A lot of hearts were broken yesterday afternoon as Commissioner Sam Adams met with the Burnside Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC). Many SAC members have been at this process for four years. The Commissioner announced that next week he will be presenting a resolution to Council splitting the project in two and advancing the East side…

  • Update on Clean Cars

    Over at Blue Oregon, there’s a thread on advocacy efforts around the proposed new auto emission standards. Head over there to read more and comment.