Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Transit Safety Poll at the Business Journal

    This week, the Business Journal’s poll is about how safe (crime safe – not traffic safe) you feel on TriMet: Total crime dropped in 2006 on MAX and TriMet — to a total of 886 crimes from 988 in 2005. But there were still 88 robberies last year, and 156 simple assaults. Do you think…

  • Finding your Way Now a Little Bit Easier

    A new wayfinding system has recently begun to be installed in downtown Portland. I participated in the PDC open houses on this project several years ago (pre-Portland Transport) and am happy to see these hit the streets. OPB had some coverage last week. Some of the key features of the system include: One map to…

  • Switch to Freight Speaker at PSU on Friday

    ***Scheduled speaker had an unexpected conflict so we have a new speaker and topic *** Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Julie Rodwell, Freight Mobility Section Manager, ODOT Topic: State and Federal Freight Issues When: Friday, February 23, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center

  • Easier Streetcar Tickets

    We’ve discussed before that making the fare system for Streetcar easy to use is a challenge. Our fareboxes are somewhat unreliable and are difficult to use. We hope to acquire much better fareboxes when we make the leap across the river. However, until then, we’d at least like to make them easier to understand. Local…

  • Electric Bikes on Oregon Roads

    A fun article in Tuesday’s Trib on electric-assist bikes. An interesting assertion in the article is that when in powered mode, such bikes can’t be in the bike lane. Is this true? Is it good policy?