Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Crossing the Willamette on Sunday (sans Bike)

    If you’re not one of the 19,000 of us who will be crossing and re-crossing the Willamette River on Sunday during the Providence Bridge Pedal, then you might want to look at the following to help get around. TriMet has provided information on bus detours and Mike Pullen from the County passes along the following:…

  • Centering in on the Public Realm

    Tonight Metro held another in their series of Get Centered events, this one featuring Fred Kent from the Project for Public Spaces on the topic of public squares. Many of the models of great public squares were European of course, but Pioneer Courthouse Square compared favorably. Esther Short Park in Vancouver was also discussed in…

  • Site Changes

    We’re making a few editorial changes on the site. First, we’ve changed the tagline to “A conversation about access and mobility in the Portland/Vancouver region”. The change is intended to recognize that access is just as important as mobility (as discussed in a number of threads) and to include our friends across the river, since…

  • Bookshelf: The New Transit Town

    Link to book at Amazon.com Link to book at Powell’s Link to book at Multnomah County Library List Price: A great overview of Transit Oriented Development principles and practices. Covers issues from planning to finance including case studies based on actual projects. Explains why many TOD projects to date have failed to meet expectations (some…

  • On the Geekier Side of Things

    My professional life has been dominating my activist life this week as I’ve been at the Open Source Conference at the Oregon Convention Center all week. Which puts me in mind that over the longer term, the ambition for Portland Transport is to extend beyond being a conversation about mobility to also be a resource…