Category: Modes

  • Where Do We Put the Trucks?

    A couple of years ago, PDOT went through the exercise of developing a Freight Master Plan for the City of Portland. Metro is now going through similar exercise. I testified before City Council in favor of the plan, believing that a clearly articulated system of where trucks should be for what purposes was a good…

  • Know Your Bridges

    Passed on by a reader, this site lets you find out the structural rating of all the bridges along a given route.

  • TriMet to Enclose Several MAX Platforms and Check Fares

    Per the Oregonian. A definite change in direction…

  • Preferred Mode = Culture

    There’s a great post over at PriceTags on what it took to make automobiles acceptable (then dominant of course) on our streets. What will it take to make our culture accept bikes, walking and transit in the same way? What can we proactively do to start this shift in thinking?

  • Reader Question on Rail

    I have no idea… can someone help? Where can I find information on any areas in the U.S. that have underground high speed lines for Union Pacific?