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Do You Roll Onto Streetcar?
If so, PBOT and Streetcar would like your help on evaluating the service conditions: The Portland Bureau of Transportation and Portland Streetcar are performing some research on our vehicles and how we are serving the needs of the community that uses mobility devises. We are recruiting people of all ages that use crutches, walkers, wheel…
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What would $2 billion of BRT look like?
Over on their Facebook page, OPAL links to an old Jarrett Walker column from three years ago, “bus-rail debates in a beautiful abstract city, and in los angeles“. In it, he poses the question of which is a better use of transit dollars: Building more expensive types of infrastructure (such as rail or high-end BRT)…
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Crowdsourcing the Case for Cycling
The City Club of Portland recently announced a research study: BICYCLING IN PORTLAND: A SERIOUS LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PRIORITIES . Here are the objectives of the study: Make a recommendation on the role bicycling should play in Portland’s transportation system, based on review of existing criteria, available studies, and witness testimony. Based on…
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UPDATED: An update on the Fourth Plain BRT project
UPDATE: The Vancouver City Council last night approved the project, voting to support a mixed traffic configuration (with both center and median stops), extending out to NW 121st. Older content after the jump.
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Southwest Corridor BRT?
In the previous post, we noted that Metro had approved study for the Powell/Division corridor. A Metro planner indicated that the region in the future would be pursuing a less capital intensive strategy in the future, and hinted that the Southwest Corridor might just not be light rail. The Southwest Corridor stretches roughly from downtown…