Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Weekend Housekeeping

    We’ve reorganized the sidebar on the home page, hoping to make it easier to navigate our categories with a new pull-down menu. Perhaps we should just be more disciplined and have fewer categories, but… There’s also a new section that hopes to make it easier to subscribe to Portland Transport via a variety of RSS…

  • Another Illustration of the Resource Gap

    In this morning’s Oregonian, James Mayer writes about the draft of the Oregon Transportation Plan. He highlights the gap, about $1B per year, between the revenue available, and the transportation needs outlined in the report. I’ll admit I haven’t read the report (PDF, 729K) yet, it will be a discussion topic at TPAC next week,…

  • Out of Context Problems

    Last Thursday I dropped in to the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation Class to hear Gordon Price. I’ve heard Gordon a couple of times, but it’s been at least five years since the last time. It was well worth it, and fodder for at least a couple of posts. Gordon spent the first part of his…

  • Streetcar/Bike Conflict Averted

    We reported here a few weeks ago about a conflict brewing between bike lanes and streetcar tracks in South Waterfront. It was also blogged about in other places. I’m happy to report that City Council adopted a resolution this morning with a new concept that has the support of representatives of all the modes. The…

  • The Optimistic Side of Peak Oil

    I just finished reading an article in this month’s Wired magazine that provides the techno-optimistic perspective on peak oil. The article suggests that a number of alternative energy sources will become available as oil hits higher price points.