Last week over at the Daily Score, Alan Durning had an interesting essay on being able to rent some of the cars he sees parked on his street. But this whimsy leads to a serious discussion of how much of our society’s capital we tie up in both our vehicle fleet and the real estate…

Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Brodie Hylton, Flexcar Topic: Flexcar 101 When: Friday, October 20, 2006, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center (www.pdx.edu/map.html)

I’ve described our family before as 3.5 drivers with two cars. Well, that changed this week. Our youngest 1.5 drivers (son with license, daughter with learner’s permit) have left for school (both without cars). We celebrated by letting go of one of the cars, via the Portland Transport vehicle donation program. So we’re now two…

This weekend the good folks at SHIFT will be hosting Car Free Days 2006. SW Ankeny Street between 3rd and 4th 2nd and 3rd Avenues will be closed to cars for festivities from Friday evening through Sunday. Yes, this is a pretty small area that will be car free, but there’s a method to the…

Cross-posted from the SHIFT list. Lend a hand and help make it a great event. Dear all, Portland Carfree Day! September 22-24, 2006 SW Ankeny between 2nd and 3rd As you can see, Carfree Day will be a whole weekend long this year. We’ll be turning this downtown street into a car-less plaza, and will…