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Valuing our Alleys
Portland’s 200-foot blocks have made us famous for being pedestrian-friendly, but they also mean that alleys are not common in Portland. Alleys can provide a lot of valuable use for access to things that we don’t necessarily want to put by our front doors – parking, dumpsters, etc. In some cities, alleys have become opportunities…
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Support Active Transportation Funding
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Fare Relief
TriMet has a new program for distributing fares to low-income system users via non-profit providers. So for example if you were going to a non-profit medical clinic and were income-qualified, the clinic could provide with you with free tickets for your visit. TriMet is putting about $300K into this program, with up to $25K in…
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Voting Against the Grain on Parking
Yesterday, the Planning and Sustainability Commission voted to recommend new minimum parking requirements for multi-family buildings in transit corridors, with one dissenting vote. The immediate question on Twitter: “was @chrissmithus the dissenting vote?” I was not! It was my colleague Katherine Schultz, an architect who has experience actually building stuff, and knows what the impacts…
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How We Travel
When Metro released the results of their Household (Travel) Activity Survey last year, a lot of folks were underwhelmed with the shift away from auto travel regionally. But in Portland, and particularly in some neighborhoods, the results were pretty stark. At this month’s “bicycle brown bag“, Roger Geller of PBOT will share his analysis that…