Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • 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.

  • Bridge Analogy

    Up in Vancouver, B.C. (where I will be for the next couple of days, with a group from Metro), Gordon Price is complaining that a proposed bridge will cause land use and transportation problems throughout the region that the proponents refuse to acknowledge or analyze. Gee, I can’t think of anything like that down here.

  • Trib Looks at Car Commuting

    Tuesday’s Trib looks at commuting by car in our region from several points of view: Which commute is the worst Suburban traffic presents a few twists Traffic jams don ‘t stop the data flow My favorite statistic from this collection of stories is quoted by Rex Burkholder: the average commute in 1990 was ten miles,…

  • Bicycle Built for N

    Here’s mass transit that’s truly sustainably powered! I nominate it for Hawthorne Blvd.