Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • OPAL’s Pitch to TriMet

    OPAL (Organizing People Activating Leaders), the parent organization of Bus Riders Unite, will be making it’s case tomorrow before the TriMet board for its “Campaign for a Fair Transfer”. The campaign, which would extend transfer times as a mitigation for reduced frequency has been a major equity push for the organization. Here is their proposal…

  • Open Thread for the Week of 9/9/13

    Our second week on the new platform! Have at it…

  • A Wealth of Bike Share Technologies

    Portland is awash with bike share technology. Headliner Alta Bike Share is getting ready to deploy the same dock-based technology they’ve used in DC, Boston, NY and Chicago. But there’s more action than that. Local advocate extraordinaire Kiel Johnson has designed a system for apartment complexes and out at Intel there is an open source…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Open Streets Movement

    Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Steph and guest host Mychal Tetteh talk about the open streets movement (events like Sunday Parkways) world wide. They discuss LA’s CycLAvia with Dr. Adonia Lugo and talk with a number of organizers and participants in Portland’s Sunday Parkways.

  • Did I Mention…

    The new site is mobile-friendly!