Author: Chris Smith

  • The Mobile/Mobility Payments Race is On

    Which will you be able to pay for with your smart phone first, TriMet tickets (via Globe Sherpa) or your downtown Portland parking?

  • Zombridge Rising?

    You knew it was coming… The permit applications may still be live, but so are the lawsuits.

  • Making the Illegal Safe?

    My interest was piqued by something I learned at a recent Planning and Sustainability Commission meeting. We were being briefed on the Outer Powell Safety Project by ODOT. This $6M project will address some issues in the high-crash corridor from SE 111th to SE 174th. BikePortland has a nice write-up as well. One element caught…

  • What Should We Tell the Drivers?

    Join us for a SPECIAL Transportation Seminar next Monday, August 5th Speaker: Professor Klaus Bogenberger Topic: Measuring the Quality of Traveler Traffic Information As we all know, the quality of traffic information is usually defined in terms of quantitative technical characteristics that relate almost exclusively to the way that the information is broadcast. This ignores…

  • TriMet Takes $10 Million Hit from ERB, Claims Victory

    Both ATU and TriMet appear to be claiming victory in in the recent ruling by the Oregon Employee relations board. It would appear that TriMet does indeed get the contract imposed by the arbitrator (good news), but cannot collect retroactive health-care contributions from employees (bad news) and must refund some contributions (more bad news). TriMet’s…