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Intellectual Freedom at Work
I can’t help but note the irony, and admire the freedom of discourse, that Randall O’Toole will appear at Powell’s on Friday to promote his book that criticizes urban transit lines. From the publisher’s comments: As a result, the automobile which is accessible to almost every family in the nation and provides unparalleled access to…
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Serendipitous Transit Center
A silver lining in every cloud… Due to the sewer and street reconstruction on NW 23rd the #15 bus has been re-routed down NW 21st. While annoying, this has temporarily created something that I’ve always though NW needed: a transit center. Four transit lines pass next to Good Samaritan Hospital but don’t actually meet in…
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The Death of TSUB?
For a couple of decades, if you wanted to get Federal funding for a transit project, TSUB was your bane of your existance. “Transit System User Benefit” was a complicated computer model that scored your project, essentially rating you on how far and how fast you moved people. It was all about mobility and not…
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Another Look at Portland’s Transit Stats
Promoted from the Open Thread: Jarrett at http://www.humantransit.org has another interesting and provocative post on Portland. Hat tip to EngineerScotty.
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KBOO Bike Show: 2010 New Year’s Party
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.8MB) We wouldn’t be here without you, so please listen in to our in-studio party. We hear your bike-centric predictions and hopes for this upcoming year while we’re entertained by the lovely sounds of local band, No They Do, bringing us futuristic robot lullabies. Join us!