Portland Transport

Category: Commuting

  • Wireless Devices Good for Transit Use?

    Over at his Price Tags blog, Gordon Price speculates that bans on driving while texting and calling will encourage people to take transit so they can keep their cell phones active and in-use. And the Infrastructurist speculates that the iPad will make commuters so productive on transit that they’ll leave their cars behind. Somehow I…

  • What Kind of Traveler are You?

    Via World Streets: A survey in Germany identifies five types of travelers, with respect to their attitudes around greenhouse gases and transportation choices: Public transport rejecters. These believe public transport provides little sense of control or excitement. They are not open to change and see access to mobility as very important. Car individualists. Similar to…

  • The Social Life of Transit

    This evening on my streetcar ride home, a young woman attending the pastry program at the Culinary Institute boarded and shared her day’s class work with everyone around her, giving the whole train a sugar high. Has that ever happened on your car commute?

  • Two from Elsewhere

    Joseph Rose at the O digs into how MAX cars count bodies. Streetsblog has a nice piece on the difference on how tax law subsidizes parking much more than transit.

  • Fareless Square Just Got a Lot Bigger … For One Demographic

    9th-12th grade students in Portland Public Schools now travel free on TriMet. The program is funded by PPS and State Energy Tax Credits.