Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • What I Learned About Portland Transport from Michael Porter

    As I mentioned, on Monday I attended the Oregon Business Plan summit, and the featured speaker was Harvard’s Michael Porter. Porter is THE guru on competitive strategy (I even read some of his stuff in business school, back in the middle ages). He was chartered to advise us on how to tighten up our plan,…

  • Blogger on Film

    Portland Transport blogger (and Metro Councilor) Rex Burkholder is interviewed in the new documentary, Mama Earth. There are two showings coming up in Portland. Here’s the flyer (PDF, 83K) or you can get more info at http://www.earthwalkmedia.com/current.htm.

  • Talking About the Tram

    The Tram is being talked about everywhere today. There is a Steve Duin column as well as a long piece by Ryan Frank on the history of the project in the Oregonian. And of course Jack Bog is blasting the project, while Portland Architecture is (at least partially) rising to its defense. About the only…

  • Audio: Bicycle Highways in the Sky

    From last week’s Smart City radio program: Imagine this: Bicycles traveling at speeds up to 50 miles per hour in enclosed tubes hanging above the streets. That’s the vision of Chris Hardwicke, a Toronto architect who is promoting his idea as Velo-City. It’s worth a listen (it’s the first segment in the show’s audio file…

  • Forum Links Health and Urban Design

    The Oregon Environmental Council is hosting a forum: Healthier by Design: Urban Lifestyles and the Built Environment on January 26th. This is part of their Healthy Environment series.