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End in Sight for Fareless Square?
Friday’s Tribune reported on a recommendation from a TriMet advisory committee suggesting that it might be time to terminate fareless square. There seem to be a number of factors at play here: TriMet is squeezed to pay for operating costs for the new Green Line, and could use the extra fare revenue. The City of…
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Portland Bike Summit Takes Shape
The official announcement is out. Plan on being at the PSU Smith Center from 8:30 to 1:30 on Saturday, June 17th. Workshops will include: Portland’s I Share the Road campaign Innovations in Bikeways Here and Abroad Who Put the Fun in Bike Fun? From Breakfast on the Bridges to Pedalpalooza New Laws for Bikes –…
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Cost of Cycling
There’s an interesting post over at CommissionerSam.com guest written by Paul Smith, the new head of the planning section in PDOT. He talks about the gripe of some drivers about “all the money that goes to cyclists”. Paul then goes on to look at the actual portion of the PDOT budget focused on cycling, and…
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A Different Kind of Congestion
Yesterday was a big travel day: from home to Wilsonville, back up to Hayden Island for the Columbia Crossing Open House and then to the Lloyd District for a economic development presentation. All accomplished by bike and bike-on-transit. But not without some challenges. Catching the #96 down to Wilsonville, three of us wheeled up our…
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Sellwood Briefing on Monday
Public invited to Sellwood Bridge briefing A major planning effort for the Sellwood Bridge will be explained to the public on Monday, April 17 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Portland French School, 6318 SW Corbett Avenue. Multnomah County has secured funds to begin planning work for a long-term solution to the serious…