Category: Modes

  • Luxury Transit

    If they run this from Portland to Wilsonville, I’d happilly plunk down $7.50 (each way)

  • Lovely

    A great vision from APTA (American Public Transit Association), but I’d be more interested a political and financial plan to get us there.

  • Local Match for High Speed Rail?

    Earl is suggesting that even with current funding challenges, Oregon and Washington should set aside some funds to serve as a match to get a share of the $8B in high speed rail funding in the stimulus bill. I nominate shifting all Columbia River Crossing funding to this effort…

  • Should bikes pay the exact same registration fee as cars, and more than motorcycles?

    Three Republicans and a Democrat (sounds like a “balanced” cable talk show) have introduced a new bill in Salem that already has a lot of people talking. From KATU: Under House Bill 3008, those 18 and older who ride on any highway in the state would have to pay $54 every two years to register…

  • Streetcar Guts

    I had the opportunity to lead a group from the Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee out to Oregon Iron Works for a check-in on the new vehicle. Here are some photos of the various components coming together. More after the jump…