Category: Modes

  • Fort Worth Hearts Portland (especially Streetcar)

    Passed on by a reader. Even I’ll admit it’s a bit over the top.

  • Financing Public Transportation

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Michael Ward Public Transit Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Transportation Topic: How Public Transportation is Financed in Oregon When: Friday, May 22, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Streetcar Delivery / Unloading Video

    Here’s video I shot of this morning’s delivery of the first streetcar from United Streetcar, LLC. The entire process took about two hours, edited here to just six minutes. (Update: A higher-quality version hosted by Vimeo is available after the break.)

  • Special Delivery

    At about 6:40 this morning the first made-in-USA modern streetcar in a half century was being lined up on the wash track at the Portland Streetcar maintenance facility, and was being positioned under a portable crane for unloading! More photos after the jump…

  • Streetcar Podcast

    “Tuesdays at APA” is a lecture series run out of the American Planning Association’s Chicago office, and this week’s podcast of the series features a great discussion of Streetcars (mp3, 15.8M), both vintage and modern types and the role they play in shaping communities. There’s a great description of the experience in Portland, with a…