Category: Meta Transport

  • The State of the Conversation

    I’m concerned. In the last few weeks, it seems to me that the tone of comments has gotten a lot angrier, and conversation is more often turning to personalities and motivations than to policy. This may be in part because I’m spending less time actively moderating the conversation (I’m pretty busy with a political campaign…

  • Vehicle Donation Program Gets Sweeter!

    One of the best ways to support our conversation here at Portland Transport is to donate an old vehicle (a new vehicle would be great too!). Now this is an even better deal. Flexcar has agreed to provide a FREE membership and $75 credit toward usage when you donate your old car to Portland Transport.…

  • Reader Milestone

    Yesterday we passed 10,000 comments in the history of the blog. Way to go readers!

  • Wanted: A Few Good Guest Posts

    OK, maybe a few more than a few. It’s time to take number two child out on the college-check-out cruise. So I’ll be away from Portland for about a week, and to help keep the conversation here at Portland Transport going, it would be great to have a few guest posts in the can. So…

  • A Transportation Policy Search Engine?

    A reader pointed out to me that Google has a custom search engine tool that lets you define specific web sites to be searched. He wondered if we couldn’t create a custom search engine for Portland Transport. I find the idea intriguing, but it seems to me we could go a couple of ways. We…