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Conservative Reappraisal
Hat tip to Roland who posted this report over at CommissionerSam.com. I’ve just finished reading the report (“Does Transit Work? A Conservative Reappraisal”). The main idea is to assess the success of transit in not in terms of total trips, but rather in terms of those categories of trips for which it is competitive (the…
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Walking the (Freight) Talk
Sam Adams and Rex Burkholder seem to have gotten into a little dust up in the Friday’s Tribune (Freight mobility matters … at least in Portland). We’re at the beginning of the semi-annual MTIP process, which allocates about $60M in flexible transportation funds. This is only about 4% of the total funds spent in the…
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Updated: Green Cabs Wilting?
Updated August 21st, 2006 Green Cabs has avoided a City-imposed shutdown. According to a report in the Oregonian on Friday, Green was determined to be in compliance with City regulations after a new inspection. A City press release confirms the new status. Original Post August 8th, 2006 The City of Portland is getting ready to…
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Bike Maps for Geeks
Heads up for a presentation at Metro on Thursday, August 31st at 9AM. Jack Newlevant, from Metro’s data resource center, will talk about how Metro’s data can be used to find better bike routes (using travel times, etc.). And Wyatt Baldwin will present on his great byCycle tool.
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Bike Success in Southern Oregon
I received this note from down south: Our local NPR station, Jefferson Public Radio, generously gave 7+ minutes of radio time for the Bike First! Follow up. Just go to the link below and click on the little speaker icon next to “Program gets Drivers commuting by bike” to listen. Eric Teel, the journalist, is…