Portland Transport

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  • 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 :-)

  • High Capacity Transit in Clark County? Oh My!

    According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, a committee is looking at long term plans for where high capacity transit would make sense in Clark County. Through a series of public meetings, the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council will work with a steering committee of policymakers and a citizens’ advisory task force to identify the…

  • Aversion to Transit Privatization

    Apparently after the transit system was privatized in a Chinese town, the operator doubled fares. The result: rioting. Still want to privatize TriMet? Hat tip to Ellie Blue.