Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Keeping Platinum Once You Have It

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Susan Handy, UC Davis Topic: Bicycling in Davis, CA: A Critical Look at Policy and Behavior in the First Platinum Bicycle City in the U.S. When: Friday, May 4, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Change of Seasons

    Carl and Ayleen will discuss spring riding and getting ready for summer. 9-10AM, Wednesday, May 2nd KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Guerilla Streetcar Stop Activity

    Taking a ride downtown on Friday I encountered some interesting sights at Streetcar stops in NW Portland. Did others see this? I’m curious if whoever did it covered the whole line. [They didn’t, I checked a few more locations on Saturday.] I love the health/pedestrian activism, and I’d love to thank whoever put out the…

  • Feeling Empowered

    I must say I am pleasantly surprised by the personal impact (on me) of the new crosswalks on NW 23rd. Now I’m a fairly assertive pedestrian. I’ll walk out into a crosswalk if there is a reasonable gap and hold out my hand to stop the cars (as is my right under Oregon law if…

  • The Right Way to Go?

    Speaking of vans, I heard something recently at a meeting that I find very interesting: that UPS is changing their routing algorithms so that driver’s routes will exclusively use right-hand turns. Does anyone have a confirmed source for that?