Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Financing Cleaner Trucks

    Yesterday’s Daily Journal of Commerce has an article on nonprofit Cascade Sierra Solutions, which is planning to open five technology centers on the I-5 corridor between California and Washington. The organization will install and finance energy savings and emmissions reduction equipment on trucks. The stores will offer more than 40 fuel-saving products at manufacturers’ group-rate…

  • 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…