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Red, White and Blue Streetcar
I attended my second ‘first ride’ in two days as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Portland for the first passenger trip on the first made-in-USA Streetcar in 60 years. Our congressional delegation effused over job creation, sustainability and mom and apple pie in front of the vehicle built by Oregon Iron Works. A full photo…
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KBOO Bike Show: Bicycle Justice
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.8MB) Sara and Elly host a conversation about bicycle justice, with lawyer Bob Mionske, author of Cycling and the Law and social worker Meghan Sinnott. Mionske discusses the biases against bicycling inherent in law enforcement, the court system and the written law. Sinnott talks about barriers in both mobility and…
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Impressions from the Green Line
Today was the first VIP ride on the Green Line and I had the chance to join anybody and everybody involved in transportation in the region to ride out to Clackamas Town Center. My biggest overall impression was probably looking at the system map and reflecting on how much of the region is now connected…
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You Too Can Serve on a Streetcar Advisory Committee
All right, technically there’s still a non-streetcar option in the mix: Dear community member, Thank you for your interest in the Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project. As many of you know, we are beginning the next phase of analysis on this project, an environmental review referred to as the Draft Environmental Impact Statement or…
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Local Streetcar Manufacturing Stimulating Economy
The Daily Journal of Commerce focuses on one company where a Streetcar sub-contract resulted in re-hiring 10 employees.