Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Oregonian Losing Enthusiasm for the CRC?

    It would appear the bloom is off the rose: “We are thus at a point where all of the options are bad.”

  • Dude, Where’s My Streetcar?

    The Oregonian details schedule status for the Oregon Iron Works/United Streetcar order for the Streetcar Loop. Obviously we’re not celebrating. But I’d like to underscore a couple of points: 1) We’re not going to do anything that compromises the safety, quality or reliability of the new vehicles. If that means waiting, we’ll wait for delivery.…

  • Can We Consolidate Some of Our On-street Obstacles?

    Via Planetizen: Vancouver, B.C., is experimenting with the “V-pole”, a compact pole that combines street lighting with other functions like telecomm, parking paystations, electric vehicle charging and a host of other possibilities. Should we try it here?

  • Updated: Analyzing Barriers to Cycling

    Updated: 6/8/12 The paper behind this presentation is now available (PDF, 6.3M). Original Post: 5/10/12 Last week’s PSU Transportation Seminar was particularly thought-provoking. Peter Furth of Northeastern University has developed a quantitative analysis methodology for evaluating the comfort level of links in a bicycle network (or put another way, how bike-friendly any given street is).…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Cycle Touring

    Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) This month the bike show hosts Ellee Thalheimer, author of Cycling Sojourner, the first cycle-tour guide to the state of Oregon, as well as Matt Picio, co-founder of Cycle Wild, a group that’s mission is “to connect people with nature via the bicycle” and who organize free cycle trips…