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Portland Transportation Safety Summit
The Portland Office of Transportation held a Safety Summit yesterday, involving members of the community and officials from various bureaus and agencies responsible for transportation and safety. The headline was that our streets are getting safer. Crash injury rates for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers are all on a downward trend. Nonetheless Commissioner Adams and the…
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“Goods and Services” or “Freight”
When I was starting this blog, I got feedback from a number of potential contributors that just talking about “mobility” was a problem, that “access” was the more comprehensive way to look at the issues. I eventually compromised and put both in the tag line for this site. I’m getting a similar education about “freight”.…
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APTA Attributes Increases in Transit Ridership [in part] to Gas Prices
A press release from the American Public Transportation Assocation, released in conjunction with their EXPO 2005, notes sharp increases in transit ridership. The increase is attributed to rising gas prices and new technologies: Many transit system officials attribute this growth to higher gas prices, expansion of services and improved passenger services. Recent years have seen…
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A Geeky but Practical Bicycle Question
Folks who follow this blog know I’m a transportation geek. What folks may not know is that I’m also a geek geek, i.e., my day job is doing Internet technology. So sometimes my travels around the region require that I carry a laptop with me. I have yet to find a way to do this…
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Sellwood Bridge: Can’t Get No Respect
I recently attended a meeting of the Portland Freight Advisory Committee, where the Freight Master Plan was being reviewed. Once again, the Sellwood Bridge came up. The line of discussion: it’s not a freight project, so don’t list it as a project it in the master plan, and certainly don’t spend any funds targeted on…