Portland Transport

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  • The future of commuter rail in Portland

    A discussion of the future prospects of commuter rail (including WES) in the Portland area.

  • Getting Around on Foot Action Plan

    Sadly, this is directly opposite the Mayor’s “State of the City” address. I’m going to have to catch the podcast… Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Stephanie Routh, Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Topic: Getting Around on Foot Action Plan About the Action Plan: The goal of Getting Around on…

  • Make Walk Score Better

    Our recent post on the ‘Street Smart’ Walk Score brought lots of comments about issues with the quality of the ‘places’ used to computer the rankings. Well, now Walk Score has a tool to add and remove places.

  • KBOO Bike Show: OHSU Injury Study

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Sara and Michelle interview Dr. William Lambert, the researcher behind the OHSU Bike Trauma Study.

  • Walkscore Getting Smarter

    One of the criticisms of Walkscore has been that it used “as-the-crow-flies” distance calculations to amenities, so addresses got credit for access to amenities that might not actually be accessible by foot (on the other side of a freeway for example). Well, that’s changing. There’s now a beta of a version that calculates actual walking…