Via the Daily Journal of Commerce, TriMet has toughened their exclusion policies: TriMet is adding intimidation as behavior restricted on the system, which includes violent, threatening or disruptive behavior or conduct intended and likely to provoke a violent response. TriMet also is adding boisterous and unreasonably loud conduct as a restriction on the system. “These…

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group recently released a report “A Better Way to Go” contrasting auto use and transit. Rather than review it here, I’ll point you to an excellent review on The Overhead Wire blog.

This post is a response to some comments on the open suggestions thread that run along the lines of “why are we shafting bus riders by putting all our resources into rail?” While I’m an enthusiastic supporter of continuing to expand the rail system (because it helps drive the long-term land use pattern that I…

Everything’s relative. I thought I’d start this thread to invite readers to compare Portland’s transport situation with other cities’, either those we think are in better shape, or those we think are in worse shape. I think (hope) the comparisons will help us keep our perspective. I’ve going to start off with two brief stories,…