Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • 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…

  • Freeway Discussion at Bike Portland

    Over at BikePortland.org, there’s an interesting discussion going on about repurposing some of the asphalt in our region. I encourge you to check it out and join the discussion there.

  • Mayor Puts Himself in Harm’s Way

    Mayor Potter was one of the decoys for yesterday’s pedestrian enforcement action on 10th Ave near the downtown YWCA. You can get the Mayor’s perspective on his blog, and a video clip at KGW. 27 citations for failure to yield ($242) were issued along with 21 other citations and one warning.

  • Sport Columnist Conflates Streetcar, Trailblazers

    I wouldn’t even have seen it if a reader had not e-mailed me a link, since I don’t regulary read the sports page, but yesterday Dwight Jaynes’ commentary in the Portland Tribune suggests that the “keep Portland wierd” foks are winning, wondering when we’ll stop building Streetcars and start rattling Paul Allen’s cage about keeping…

  • Check Out another Aspect of Transportation

    When’s the last time you had a chance to see what goes on at a river port? Here’s a unique opportunity: Seaport Celebration at Terminal 6 Discovering Industry on the River, Saturday August 26th from 10:30am-2:00pm Seaport Celebration–Discovering Industry on the River Take a tour, watch a video, listen to pirate band Captain Bogg and…