Portland Transport

Category: Commuting

  • Tram Beneficiary: Bike Commuters

    Over on BikePortland.org, Jonathan is reporting that bicycle parking at the lower Tram terminus is overflowing. He hypothesizes that many OHSU workers have wanted to commute by bike, but were daunted by the hill. The obstacle is now removed…

  • In Need of Auto Advice

    My household has been on a declining curve of auto use. Last year when the kids headed off to school (we had four drivers and two cars at that point) we dropped down to being a single car family. Last week our declining curve took a nose-dive as the remaining car, an ’89 Honda Accord,…

  • Social Networking to Ease Congestion?

    Last month I wrote about the Poli Car system in Italy that added an element of trust to carpooling via a text message system. I just learned of a similar system that has been started in Seattle called Goose. And this week’s Smart City radio program has an excellent discussion of a system in Massachusetts…

  • Schools and Congestion

    A reader passed on this article from the UK suggesting that a significant portion of AM peak congestion may be due to the combination of school trips with employment commute trips. So if we got all of our kids walking and biking to school, how much of our morning congestion could we do away with?

  • Commuting in America

    Every 10 years the Transportation Research Board takes a look at the census data and produces a report on the state of commuting in this country. The current report, Commuting in America III (you can buy the report or download the executive summary) was published yesterday. NPR had a piece on Morning Edition, which focused…