Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • A Peek Inside PBOT

    At Friday’s PSU Transportation Seminar: Speaker: Peter Koonce, Portland Office of Transportation Topic: “Confessions of a Traffic Engineer” Get an inside look into Portland’s Office of Transportation!

  • Crack in Anti-Gas Tax Wall?

    The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, hardly a left-wing organization, made a speech calling for an increase in the Federal gas tax, linking it to needed infrastructure projects and distinguishing it as a user fee rather than a tax.

  • Ada Louise Huxtable – Prescient

    Ada Louise Huxtable – for many years the architecture critic for the New York Times – passed away recently, and over at Portland Architecture local history expert Dan Hanekow reviews some of her thoughts on Portland. I would be remiss if I didn’t call out this 1970 quote: “Some day, some American city will discover…

  • Online Petition Against CRC

    As we’ve discussed, this is the legislative session in which the Columbia River Crossing will either get a commitment for the local share of funding, or will likely die for the lack of it. MoveOn.org is now hosting a petition to urge Oregon legislators to deny that funding and promote the “Common Sense Alternative.”

  • Proximity Ten Times More Influential Than Speed?

    So says this article, looking at the factors that influence access: proximity, mobility and connectivity. This is why the updated Comprehensive Plan will be so important to our future transportation!