Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Finally Getting Diverted

    It looks like PBOT took advantage of today’s nice weather to start installing the diverter at NW 10th and Marshall. This is a small bit of mitigation for the Streetcar Loop that is finally being fulfilled. As part of the project we moved the bicycle facility from the now-track-filled-cycling-wasteland of Lovejoy to Marshall St. But…

  • Wishing I Could Be in Two Places Tomorrow

    I’ll be attending the Coalition for a Livable Future’s Regional Livability Summit tomorrow, but if I weren’t I’d be over at PSU at lunchtime for transportation seminar for a session on how Bike Share is likely to work in Portland (Urban Center, Room 204, noon-1pm).

  • Vintage Brakes

    Following the discussion here over the weekend about employing the Vintage Trolleys on the Loop line, I spoke to Portland Streetcar Executive Director Rick Gustafson. ADA concerns are not the only obstacle. Both the OMSI flyover on the east side and Harrison Street on the west side feature 7% grades. The braking systems on the…

  • A Little Bit of Multnomah County Road History

    I’ve been reading Jewel Lansing’s “Multnomah”, a history of Multnomah County, and found a few juicy tidbits of early road history: A Multnomah Deputy Sheriff, Peter Rexford, proposed painting a yellow line down the middle of the Columbia River Highway, to make it safer – a practice that gained some popularity. The first Interstate Bridge…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Beer and Coffee

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) Beer + Beans + Bikes = Love. Tori is joined by Ellee Thalheimer, co-author of Hop in the Saddle a guide to Portland’s craft beer scene by bike and co-host Steph Routh brings a hop-scotch journey to a few of those local brew pubs. In the second half of…