Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • My Trip: Cycling in the Burbs

    It seems like a lot of the long trips I make these days have to do with medical care (happily not too often). Either I’m seeing a specialist who is located somewhere in the burbs, or in the case of my annual physical, I’m trekking out to Washington County. Few of my Portland friends know…

  • Not a Satellite

    At MPAC last night we had a very interesting presentation. The mayors of Sandy and Estacada presented about what’s happening, particularly with growth, in their cities. At Metro we use to talk about cities like these (Canby, Newberg and St. Helens are other examples) as “satellite cities” since they were outside Metro’s UGB. Apparently this…

  • Rehabilitate the Sellwood Bridge

    We’re happy to welcome Jim Howell to the rolls of Portland Transport contributors with this perspective on a potentially less costly way to deal with the Sellwood Bridge. The apparent assumption that the Sellwood Bridge must be replaced and that it will take ten to twenty years to do it is misguided. This historic 1925…

  • Damper on Light Rail to Clark County?

    Yesterday’s Oregonian reports that the Federal Transit Administration is pressuring Clark County to evaluate a variety of modes, not just Light Rail, in its study of high capacity transit options. Federal meddling, or just prudent review of all the possibilities?

  • You’re Invited to the First Oregon Bike Summit

    The first ever statewide bicycle summit has been set for April 1st in Eugene. Check out the invitation postcard (PDF, 382K) for all the details.