Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • A Good Day for Active Transportation at the Legislature

    On the final day of its 2013 session, the Oregon Legislature made bike and pedestrian projects eligible for Connect Oregon funding (capital funds fueled by the lottery). They also provided $3.6M for a sidewalk project in East Portland where a young child was killed earlier this year. All in all, a good day!

  • KBOO Bike Show: Oregon Scenic Bikeways

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Tori and Steph talk with Alex Phillips, Bicycle Recreation Coordinator at Oregon Parks and Recreation, and Kristin Dahl of Travel Oregon about riding around Oregon and the system of scenic bikeways.

  • Completing the outer ring of suburban transit

    If you look at the TriMet route map, it tends to resemble an amoeba. There are several arms, of various lengths, and lots of connectivity to the core–but in many cases, no connectivity between arms without travelling into downtown, or routes involving multiple transfers. Starting with the St. Helens Road and heading counter-clockwise; there’s a…

  • Building Biker’s Paradise – and the Rest of Portland

    Late last year, I was on a podcast talking about the Comprehensive Plan update and was asked about tips for where the best places to live in the future would be. Intuitively I answered “inner SE and inner NE are going to get even more awesome”. Last week, my intuition got validated by some data.…

  • Multi-modality in the Netherlands

    OTREC at PSU is pleased to host an informal, post-term, welcome-summer seminar… Eva Heinen, Ph.D. Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Cycling in the Netherlands and Multi-Modality Public transport as well as walking and cycling offer an environmental friendly alternative to car travel. Not only trips that are solely made by public…