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Car Use Versus Car Ownership
On Tuesday, wearing my Planning and Sustainability Commissioner hat, I’m going to hear from neighbors concerned that the development of new apartment buildings without on-site parking is impacting livability in their neighborhoods. In fact, I think parking is the tip of the iceberg here. Portland’s growth strategy anticipates a lot of residential growth to occur…
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KBOO Bike Show – Riding as Profession
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.7MB) We’re talking to professionals again – this time, professional bike riders. Our listeners can probably picture the bike messengers – the lean, fast couriers with a big bag slung over their backs, zipping around downtown delivering documents. But these days, a much wider range of goods is being delivered…
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The Case for Distance-based Fares
A piece on Streetsblog makes the policy argument for distance-based transit fares. They actually use Portland’s Fareless Square as part of their argument, apparently unaware of recent history. I generally support this line of argument, at least from a pure policy policy point of view. TriMet has argued that one of the pragmatic reasons for…
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The Hand That Feeds Us
Portland Transport’s transit tools, including the Transit Appliance, depend on the web services provided by TriMet (and NextBus). And those web services at core get their information from TriMet’s dispatch and vehicle tracking systems. Next week’s PSU Transportation Seminar will look under the hood at how those systems work and how they’re being updated for…
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Counting Bicycles
For the deeply nerdy, the OTREC (Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium) is having a special seminar on Thursday: Speaker: Krista Nordback, University of Colorado, Denver Topic: Estimating Annual Average Daily Bicyclists: Advantages and Pitfalls When: Thursday, October 25, 1-2 p.m. Where: ITS Lab, 375 Engineering Building, PSU (1930 SW 4th Ave) Krista’s specific area…