Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Speaking of the Mall

    TriMet e-mailed their list yesterday with a message about a new visualization of the combined bus/LRT operation on the Transit Mall. Check it our here.

  • A Better Alternative to Light Rail on the Mall

    The primary arguments for putting light rail on the mall are that it is has been planned for a long time, is needed to increase capacity, provides access to Portland State and enables a connection to a future light rail corridor to Milwaukie. All of these arguments are flawed. Unlike the OHSU Tram project, there…

  • Why Don’t We Ride?

    Why don’t more people ride the bus? That’s a question Otis White took up in this week’s episode of Smart City, for which he is a regular contributor. You can find the piece about 22 minutes into the show (MP3, 19.3M). White covers some of the class issues (middle class people ride rail but not…

  • My (non-)Trip on Streetcar

    I had a first last night. The Streetcar was too full to get on board. It was about 5:30 at 10th and Couch, trying to get back to Northwest. The train was shoulder-to-shoulder and about three people got off. About 15 people were waiting to get on, and about six of us wouldn’t fit (I…

  • I-5 to 99W Connector Project Steering Committee studies ways to improve traffic movement in the area

    Excerpted from Rex’s April newsletter: Regional and local transportation officials have recognized the need for a connection between I-5 and Hwy. 99W for more than a decade. Traffic demand in the southwestern portion of the region has grown substantially, leading to increasingly congested conditions. Metro Councilor Carl Hosticka serves on the I 5 to 99W…