Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • New Transportation Blog

    There’s a new transportation blog out there, PDX Transit: PDXTransit is a website that discusses transit, commuting, and mobility in Portland Oregon Metropolitan vicinity. We focus on local trends, events, emerging technologies that will improve how Portlanders “Walk, Drive, Bike, and Ride” around the city. Welcome to the block! A recent post highlights PDOT’s Shopping…

  • Plotting Traffic

    Here’s a fun Google Maps mashup from Southern California. Hat tip to Kari Chilsom Chisholm for the pointer.

  • Bridge Gets its Own Web Site

    That’s right. The Sellwood Bridge now has its very own web site, courtesy of County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey.

  • The Benefits of Small Buses

    One interesting finding from last week’s junket to Vancouver, B.C. is the range of transit vehicles in use, from SkyTrain (more on SkyTrain in another post) and catamaran ferries to trolley buses and more traditional diesel buses. I was struck by the use of smaller diesel buses. When I inquired, I was told that these…

  • Monster Commutes

    Not to be outdone by the Trib’s article on commuting, Sunday’s O has a piece on marathon commutes. My two cents is that if people want to do this, fine, but no rational social policy would focus on making it easy.