Author: Chris Smith

  • 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…

  • More on Freight in the Netherlands

    One of our final meetings in the Netherlands was one attended by Tom Miller (Sam Adams’ chief of staff) and myself with two representatives of the freight industry: a freight forwarder and a representative of their industry association. The meeting was at Schiphol airport, a major European hub of air freight activity. The area is…

  • Rotterdam, a Different Dutch CIty

    We’ve been combing through our notes from our Netherlands trip, and have one or two more posts left… While our visit was centered in Amsterdam, we had the chance to visit a number of cities, and Rotterdam provides an interesting contrast. It is the commercial center of the country and a major port city (about…

  • Steve Duin Takes on the Eastbank Freeway

    In today’s Oregonian, Steve Duin bemoans the apparent loss of momentum on doing anything about the Eastbank Freeway and the loss of opportunity for the community. We’re sympathetic to this issue, but what struck us is his passing reference to peak oil: “given the expiration date on our endless supply of oil”. So our question…