Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Bike to Work Day Tomorrow

    Wednesday is Bike to Work day in Portland, and there’s a celebration in Pioneer Courthouse Square from 7:30-9AM. I hope to join the group leaving from Wallace Park in NW Portland at 7:15. Maybe some other readers will join us?

  • NextBus Accuracy

    I suggested a few weeks ago that we try to come up with a way to measure the accuracy of the Streetcar NextBus predictions (since they have been a source of some complaints reported in the press). Turns out someone has already done it (at least for a small data sample). Rob Bertini of PSU…

  • ODOT Trip Check Adds Transit Data

    ODOT’s Trip Check web site has added a section on Transit providers. The announcement follows. Here’s a deep link to the relevant section of Trip Check. ODOT adds public transit information to TripCheck.com Find transportation options online MAY 1, 2007 – The Oregon Department of Transportation’s award-winning travel information Web site, www.TripCheck.com, just added another…

  • Rethinking Fareless Square

    A heated debate broke out on a Streetcar capacity thread. So let’s elevate the discussion to its own thread. Is the original purpose fareless square was designed to meet in 1974 still relevant? Should it be modified, eliminated?

  • Summer Forecast: Streetcar Crush Loads

    Streetcar ridership has followed a relatively consistent cycle of growth. Each summer we see new peaks (the hypothesis is that this is driven by occupancy of new residential units along the alignment), then it drops off a bit in the winter, only to rise again the following summer. New extensions, like the one opened to…