Category: Modes

  • Buses Done Right

    Streetfilms has a great video of the bus system in Boulder, CO. Erik is going to salivate. I particularly like the bike storage in the luggage compartment. We could use room for six bikes on the #96, which I’ve pretty much given up on because the bike racks are always full.

  • Davis, Revisited

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2008 Transportation Seminar Series At the beginning of the Fall term, we still had a few Friday slots to be filled. Well, now they have all been filled up. Plus we have updated the seminar website, and have put the archives (by date or by subject) on…

  • Oregonian Highlights Transit Bridge Designs

    An article in Wednesday’s O shows concepts for three different design variations for the transit bridge proposed as part of the Milwaukie Light Rail project. I’m not an architect, what do readers thinks?

  • Watch Out for Walkers

    The City of Portland is seeking members for its Pedestrian Advisory Committee Portland Seeking New Members for the City’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PORTLAND, OR) – The City of Portland is seeking new members for its Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Portland’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee is a standing citizen advisory committee active since the early 1990s. Its purpose…

  • Streetcar Line Colors Assigned, Amber Line Breaks Ridership Records

    As the Streetcar Loop moves into final engineering TriMet has assigned colors for the system map for our soon-to-be-two-line system. The current alignment from South Waterfront to NW 23rd will be the Amber Line, while the new Loop route (which won’t really be a loop until 2015 or so) will be the Aqua Line. I…