Portland Transport

Author: EngineerScotty

ODOT to close 82nd Avenue bus lane for safety reasons?

ODOT is considering getting rid of the bus lane on SE 82nd Avenue, between Monterey and King, for safety reasons.

September 21, 2011
The marvelous multicolored Milwaukie MAX

Lost amidst the controversy around the Milwaukie MAX project, has been a little operational detail that many of us transport geeks care passionately about…the color. The project has long been informally referred to as the Orange Line. While TriMet doesn’t use such terminology in its project literature, it appears as a big orange line on…

September 20, 2011
SW Corridor public outreach

For those interested in the SW corridor project, Metro now has a series of public events scheduled as part of the agency’s public outreach on the project. These events, scheduled during the months of September and October, include an open house, numerous presentations at various local farmers’ markets and other agricultural festivals, and a pair…

September 17, 2011
September 2011 Open Thread

September 2011 Open Thread

September 1, 2011
More from CPI: Calls on Congress to block MLR, but still build the bridge

Our friends at Cascade Policy Institute have been busy, with a letter being sent to House Transportation chair John Mica (R-FL) asking that funding for Milwaukie Light Rail be deleted from future federal appropriations. While Mica and the GOP is known to be targeting discretionary funding, including infrastructure, as part of budget cutting exercises, whether…

August 10, 2011