Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Speaking of Crowdsourcing Apps

    Portland Afoot is endeavoring to make the leap from print to digital and just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund app development. [Full disclosure – I serve on the board of the non-profit parent of Portland Afoot.] Check out the promo video and you’ll even get a brief glimpse of yours truly…

  • Chicago Crowdsources its Transit App

    Via Planetizen: Chicago is going to Kickstarter to build the ultimate transit app. Could Portland do this to get something even better than the much-beloved PDX Bus? Should we do something like this for the interface on our Transit Appliances?

  • One Infographic to Rule them All

    Via Planetizen: a killer infographic on public transportation.

  • All-door Boarding and Fare Evasion

    Jarrett Walker has a post over on Human Transit about all-door boarding being added to buses in San Francisco. He makes the point that the perception of fare evasion is often much worse than the reality. I’ve experienced that many times over the years in discussions of streetcar fare policy. The honor system means that…

  • Boston as a Cautionary Tale for the CRC

    Via Planetizen: The Boston Globe reports that the state end of the “Big Dig” project came in at over $7B and interest costs will push that over $10B: “It is extremely important that we understand the effect that the Big Dig debt service has on overall transportation spending in Massachusetts,” said Representative David P. Linsky,…