Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Hey, it Could Have Been Worse

    I got a kick out of the article in yesterday’s O about a spat between the parking folks at PDOT and the vendor who manages all those paystations downtown. Apparently some (percentage TBD) of the machines accepted money on Monday, which was a holiday with no parking enforcement. While I quite agree that the City…

  • Copyright and a Milestone

    As we wind down toward the end of the year, a pause for a moment of introspection seems appropriate. First, unless we have a server meltdown, we’ll have our 25,000th visitor today. That’s just under a month since we hit 20,000, so thanks to our loyal readers who keep coming back to see what we’re…

  • Transit Surfer goes Production and New Interface Added

    Thanks to all the folks who’ve been beta-testing our Transit Surfer tool. We’re releasing the official version 1.0 today, and it now has its own domain name: tsrf.us. There are currently two flavors: a wireless PDA interface (the one that’s been in beta test). It’s available now at http://tsrf.us/pda. The new interface is for desktop…

  • Win a Free Bike Tour

    Over at http://www.portlandpeace.org/, they’re offering a raffle for one of their “Sustainable Energy in Motion” bike tours. We don’t know a whole lot about the organization (other than that their blog often picks up links to our posts here at Portland Transport). But the goals sound admirable and the tours looks like fun. Check it…

  • On Projects and CDs

    A few weeks ago, we noted that the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the I-5 Delta Park project was due out and there was an option to order it on CD-ROM. Well, we have not received our CD yet (we assume it’s “in the mail”), but we did get an e-mail that the EA is available…