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Security, or Security State?
The “CommunityCam” project recently came to my attention by way of an e-mail from one of the project members. It’s a crowdsourcing effort to identify security cameras that observe the public right-of-way. The motivation of the project is to make it easier to generate evidence in the case of a crime or incident (video of…
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Name That Bridge
TriMet is in the process of assembling a blue ribbon committee to consider names for the new Light Rail bridge (under construction) that is part of the Portland to Milwaukie project. Let’s open it up for suggestions here. [I realize there will be some sarcasm, but let’s have some serious suggestions in there too.]
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What’s an Industry Worth?
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Liberals, Markets and Parking
On Wednesday, as City Council voted to impose parking minimums on larger residential buildings on transit corridors, Commissioner Fritz made a comment to the effect that she had never heard so many Portland liberals argue for using markets. I was one of the folks arguing for leveraging market forces. In the prior week’s hearing, Commissioner…
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The Favorite Pedometer I Don’t Wear
My convictions around active transportation aren’t hypothetical, they’re also personal and pragmatic. I make a point to walk 10,000 steps or bike 10 miles every day (or some combination thereof) to help control both my blood pressure and blood sugar – and most days I get closer to 15,000/15. And because I’m engineer at heart,…