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SkyTrain
A few weeks ago I wrote about the SkyLink at DFW airport, and the attributes that made it an almost ideal transit system (high frequency, grade-separated right of way, central control reducing operator costs, etc.). Visiting Vancouver, it was interesting to see how many of these attributes SkyTrain possesses. Three minute headways during peak commute…
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Threading a Trail
Part of the Willamette Shoreline transit analysis is providing a trail through the corridor. This sometimes tends to get overlooked while haggling over the potential transit options. But the trail moves front and center at workshop next week: Community Design Workshop When: October 3, 2006 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. (drop in any time) Where: Adult…
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Faster Streetcar?
Over at Transit Sleuth, Adron has published his thoughts on how to make the Portland Streetcar faster. Signal pre-emption at every intersection. That’s a pretty clear statement about priorities!
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The Missing Link – A stroll along the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor
When not consulting or teaching computer classes, MJ Coe spends his time as a board member of the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association, as President of Portland Progressive Toastmasters, and as a member of the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor Steering Committee. Travel down the I-84 corridor/Banfield Highway between the Convention Center and Gateway during rush hour, and what…
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Vancouver Bike Box
One of the incidental pleasures from our Vancouver, B.C. trip was seeing this bike box on Dunsmuir Street in the hear out downtown Vancouver. This is a tool we have not embraced yet to any significant degree in Portland (I think we have a pilot somewhere), but is common in the Netherlands. At intersections, bikes…