Author: Chris Smith

  • Featured Class Presentation: Broadway/Flint/Wheeler

    Each year, I like to call out one outstanding presentation from the Traffic and Transportation Class. This year I have to plead to some bias since I’ve been aware of this effort for some time. But it’s also not every project that’s already been submitted by the City to ODOT for funding. There are also…

  • Where Would You Put Transit Stations in the Southwest Corridor?

    Metro has a new on-line planning tool up for the Southwest Corridor project. It lets you choose where you think the station areas should be for High Capacity Transit (but you only get to pick five!) and also gets your input on modal and community investments. Check it out, it’s called “Shape Southwest”.

  • Some Changes Coming, Your Help Needed!

    Here at Portland Transport, we’re getting ready to take the plunge… to WordPress, that is. In 2005 when we founded this blog, the state of the art in blog software was Movable Type. And it’s served us well for 3,200 posts, 48,000 comments and more than a million visits. But it’s getting a bit long…

  • Another Year, Another Great Set of Class Presentations

    Every fall I look forward to participating in the panel discussion during the Traffic and Transportation Class presentations of student projects (even more so this year because I had to miss last year due to a conflict). Each year the standard gets higher and higher, and this year is no exception! Later in the week…

  • Willamette Week Tracks the CRC

    WWeek has two blogs posts on the Columbia River Crossing today: A conservative group in Washington is calling for an audit The project staff is now aiming for a 115 ft bridge, but the Coast Guard hasn’t signed on The drama continues…