Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Bike Show Now on iTunes

    Our KBOO Bike Show podcast is now available on iTunes. To find it, type “KBOO Bike” into the search box in iTunes. Eventually we should show up in the podcast directory listing under Transportation, sub-category Bicycles. However, updating of these categories is notoriously slow, so we don’t know when we’ll show up.

  • Burnside Watershed?

    Last night I attended a forum that Commissioner Adams held for small business owners on Burnside and Couch to discuss the (west side) couplet proposal. Given the recent planning bureau critique of the plan, I was concerned that this would be another opportunity to dump on the couplet plan (which I support). I was pleasantly…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Safer Streets

    Special guests, Bill Sinnot, Commander of the Portland Police traffic divison and Greg Raisman, PDOT`s traffic safety specialist discuss projects, programs and enforcement actions they are working on to make the streets safer for cyclists.

  • Making Sausage … and Budgets

    I no longer sit on TPAC, but I still get the agenda packet notices (anyone can request them). I want to call attention to a process that gets started at this Friday’s meeting that perhaps does not get the public attention that it should. One of the things our region does very well is speak…

  • Portland Transport Now Hosting KBOO Bike Show Podcast and Archive

    A few weeks ago I posted a bit of rant about the fact that our competitor for Platinum biking status – Davis, CA – podcasted their bike talk show, while the Portland equivalent, on KBOO, disappeared into the ether after the monthly broadcast. Well, no more! KBOO Bike Show hosts Ayleen Crotty and Sara Stout…