Yesterday Portland Transport had its 10,000th visitor. We are still a relatively young site. How are we doing? What are your suggestions for how to make this blog more relevant or useful?

We’re making a few editorial changes on the site. First, we’ve changed the tagline to “A conversation about access and mobility in the Portland/Vancouver region”. The change is intended to recognize that access is just as important as mobility (as discussed in a number of threads) and to include our friends across the river, since…

My professional life has been dominating my activist life this week as I’ve been at the Open Source Conference at the Oregon Convention Center all week. Which puts me in mind that over the longer term, the ambition for Portland Transport is to extend beyond being a conversation about mobility to also be a resource…

Rule # 4 has just been added to the site: This site HAS a point of view, generally supportive of transit and compact development, and efforts to reduce VMT (vehicles miles travelled) per capita. This is intended to be the general center of the conversation here. While opposing views are welcome, participation that is of…

We’re still early in the life of this site. I’d like to clarify its purpose and ask for the help of our users in achieving that purpose. This site unquestionably has a point of view. The agenda is not hidden. The contributors in large part are advocates for, or responsible for implementing, alternative modes of…