Portland Transport

Category: Demand Management

  • Last Mile Groceries

    Update: 10/9/06 The Sunday Oregonian has an article discussing how Safeway, Albertsons and New Seasons are approaching this market opportunity. Update: 10/3/06 I spotted the creature in the wild on my street this morning. Apologies for the cell phone photo.

  • Flexcar to Test Student Program at U of P

    A reader just passed along this post at Metroblogging Portland. I think making Flexcar available to younger drivers is a great idea. Car sharing companies have been reluctant to do this because of higher insurance rates.

  • “Drive Less Save More” Enhances Web Site

    The consortium behind the “Drive Less Save More” has enhanced its web site with a bunch of new services: Driving cost calculator Driving tips Trip chaining list generator Gas price tracker Real-time traffic information Traffic alert services Ridesharing and carpooling resources Online public transit resources for Oregon and SW Washington Bus and MAX route listings…

  • Rediscovering the Commons

    Last week I wrote about poor behavior in our common spaces, linking to a particularly nasty experience one reader had on transit. Here’s the flip side. Over at the Daily Score Alan Durning is writing about rediscovering positive interactions (and some negative ones) in the commons, after getting out of his “car-coon”. I can vouch…

  • Council Throws Wet Blanket on Flexcar

    City Council moved forward yesterday on what this activist testified was a “penny-wise and pound-foolish” policy to seek full cost recovery for metered parking spaces from car-sharing companies (of which we have exactly one in Portland at the moment: Flexcar). The move will also cap the number of parking spaces in meter districts and limits…