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At the Crux of Transportation and Land Use
So here’s a paradox. In Portland we attempt to build Transit-oriented Development near Light Rail stations. But the LRT corridors often parallel freeways (both because that’s where the demand is, and because we often find right-of-way we can use next to freeways). As a result, these developments are often near freeway interchanges. But the “Transportation…
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CNU Cascadia 2011 Summit 3/25-27 in Portland
From Mary Vogel, the PlanGreen and Advocacy and Alliances Chair for the Cascadia chapter of the Congress for New Urbanism: With a theme of Placemaking’s Role in Sustainability, the CNU Cascadia 2011 Summit will put a great deal of focus on the transit-oriented development along the currently operating Portland Streetcar. Expect some world-class critiques of…
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Walkscore Getting Smarter
One of the criticisms of Walkscore has been that it used “as-the-crow-flies” distance calculations to amenities, so addresses got credit for access to amenities that might not actually be accessible by foot (on the other side of a freeway for example). Well, that’s changing. There’s now a beta of a version that calculates actual walking…
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Heavy Traffic Destroys Social Capital
Great piece on Streetfilms outlining how lighter traffic streets have much greater social cohesion and perceived neighborhood character than heavy traffic streets.
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Housing 101 for Transit Planners
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Andree Tremoulet, Institute on Aging, Portland State University; Vince Chiotti, Regional Advisor, Oregon Housing and Community Services Topic: Housing 101: Demystifying the Subsidized Housing System for Transportation Planners When: Friday, November 5, 2010, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW…