Portland Transport

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  • Streetcar Notes

    Several notes of interest: The FTA has approved the Project Development Application for the Streetcar Loop in record time. That means the race is now on to assemble the local match by August. The 3 new Czech cars have finished their burn-in mileage and are just waiting for final safety paperwork to clear (back in…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Techie Questions

    Listen to the show (mp3, 12.4M) Forget CAR talk, we’ve got BIKE talk. Get all your techie questions answered with Bike Gallery service manager Brett Flemming live on the air. Ayleen and Tori host.

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Techie Questions

    Forget CAR talk, we’ve got BIKE talk. Get all your techie questions answered with Bike Gallery service manager Brett Flemming live on the air. Ayleen and Tori host. 9-10AM, Wednesday, April 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Rental Bikes vs. Advertising

    The City of Portland has been exploring the idea of a rental bike system along the lines of those found in may European cities (see the excellent coverage at BikePortland.org). In Saturday’s O, Anna Griffin explores the funding implications. In Europe, the programs typically include a lot of display advertising which helps underwrite the costs.…

  • Making Friends

    A nice piece in the Trib about efforts for the Streetcar Loop and Milwaukie Light Rail projects to partner, rather than compete, on raising funds. After all, we’re going to share a bridge – it hardly pays to be shooting at each other :-)