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Updated: Rail/Road Math
Update, 10/22/08 OK, I admit that the framing of my question was very local-centric without considering the full path of a freight trip. But a reader passed along an interesting article that suggests that this can still be successfully managed in a sleepy little rail town called Chicago. Original Post, 10/20/08: Jim Young, chair of…
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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.
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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…
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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?
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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…