Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • 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…

  • Criminally Slow?

    Hat tip to Craig Bollen for passing this along from Yahoo News. I also caught a short version on the KOIN news last night. Woman, 82, Gets Ticket for Slow Crossing LOS ANGELES – An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling…

  • Fare Follies

    Once again my obsession with reading the “web only” murmurs in Willamette Week turns up a transportation article, this time about my favorite system, Portland Streetcar. The fare collection activity is in part a response to the coverage in the Trib a few weeks back. So here’s the challenge: most of the Streetcar line is…

  • KBOO Bike Show: The Artistic Side of Bike Culture

    Hosts Sara and Ayleen celebrate the artistic side of local bike culture with live music by the bike band the Trash Mountain Boys and guest Joe Biel from Microcosm Publishing. Joe has been distributing his zines by bike since 1996 and helps distribute bike- themed zines, stickers and patches.

  • Surf the Streetcar

    After adding the Streetcar to Transit Board last week, it’s now available on Transit Surfer. Check it out.