Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Closing the Loop, in Fast-Forward

    Here’s a fun time-lapse video showing 19 days of work to connect Streetcar to the new LRT tracks/bridge in South Waterfront in just under a minute. The work was completed 14 hours ahead of schedule despite 4 inches of rain at the end of the job.

  • Initial Thoughts on the ITDP Study

    The transportation corner of the internet has been abuzz for the last week over the new study from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. The report compares the amount of development catalyzed by a variety of transit projects, including Light Rail, Bus Rapid Transit and Streetcar – and looks at the ratio between capital investment…

  • What’s the VMT of Your Garbage?

    Via The Overhead Wire: The Atlantic Cities has a piece about trying to minimize the energy/emission footprint of transporting garbage, and looks at New York City’s efforts to shift from hauling garbage to landfills in trucks to moving it on barges. Our region has a similar challenge. Our landfill in is in Gilliam County, east…

  • C-Tran Reviews CRC Financing Plan

    This could be a critical meeting for the Columbia River Crossing since one of the requirements for the Federal application is identifying the source of operating funding for the Light Rail Component. The C-Tran board meets tomorrow night to review options for financing the operations. It’s unclear to me whether or not they will actually…

  • CRC Tolls Would Flood I-205 with Traffic

    According to an analysis by Joe Cortright, based on numbers obtained from the project via a public records request, reported in Willamette Week.