Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • KBOO Bike Show: Best of 2013

     Listen to the show (mp3, 53.7MB) Tori collates some of the best conversations of 2013, including the audience favorite: “ethicist” Randy Cohen.

  • The inevitable end of container traffic at the Port of Portland

    In recent months, the Port of Portland’s probable loss of the Hanjin shipping company has been in the news. Local media reported on the event, largely painting it as a minor tragedy. Chris, here at Portland Transport, provided his own take, noting how that those businesses using Terminal 6 would now have to truck their…

  • Oregonian Looks at the Small Picture

    An editorial in today’s O the editorial board calls Earl Blumenauer’s proposed gax tax increase ‘too steep’ and quotes the “non-partisan Tax Foundation” citing Oregon’s gas tax as among the nation’s 20 highest. Looking at the big picture, it’s worth remembering that Oregon’s motor vehicle fees and taxes when added together are among the nation’s…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Buying by Bike

     Listen to the show (mp3, 25.2MB) Tori and Steph speak with PSU/OTREC researcher Kelly Clifton about her research on the consumer habits of folks using different modes of transportation (spoiler: people traveling by bike spend just as much, but in different patterns).

  • How Not To

    Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to travel back to my home town, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. I was right back in ‘motordom’, putting several hundred miles on a rental car driving between New York, Pittsfield and the Boston suburbs (and back). I was interested to note that North Street, the main street in town,…