Portland Transport

Author: Chris Smith

  • Open Data Guide

    Transit, both schedule data and real-time vehicle location (AVL – Automatic Vehicle Location) data, has been the poster child and first set of killer apps for open government data. Here’s a nice survey article on the topic: http://wagner.nyu.edu/blog/rudincenter/open_data_guide/

  • A Milestone

    I actually missed it when it happened, but sometime in the last week Portland Transport racked up its millionth visitor… So much wonkery, so little time.

  • Bike Score joins Walk Score and Transit Score

    Check out Portland’s ratings here.

  • Jarrett Walker Coming Home to Portland…

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2012 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jarrett Walker Topic: Human Transit: Old Principles, New Choices, New Opportunities Abstract: http://www.cts.pdx.edu/abstracts/walker_abstract.php When: Friday, May 18th, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 International transit consultant and author Jarrett Walker (Human Transit: How…

  • A Plug for a Good Cause

    To a large degree, I try to allocate my charitable giving dollars in alignment with my policy advocacy. Which is why for each of the last two years, one of the bigger (tax-deductible) checks I’ve written has been to the Community Cycling Center. Right now they’re engaged in a campaign to fund their program to…