Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • The Rise of the eBike

    I’m trying to re-arrange my schedule to get to this one… Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Geoff Rose, Director, Institute of Transport Studies and Transport Theme Leader in the Monash Sustainability Institute (bio) Topic: Emerging Implications of Electric Bicycles Abstract: A variety of types of electric bicycles…

  • ODOT High-Speed Rail Open Houses Begin May 13

    This message brought to you by our friends at AORTA: The Oregon Department of Transportation is hosting a series of open house meetings on the state’s Draft goals for high-speed rail between Eugene and Portland. Meetings will include a short presentation and allow citizens to share feedback. ODOT says that citizen feedback is crucial to…

  • How We Pay for Rail Expansion Matters

    I’m looking forward to the Milwaukie Light Rail project opening around 2015. It’s an important expansion of our regional LRT network and will improve connectivity across the river dramatically for transit, bikes and pedestrians at the south end of the Central City. But I’m disappointed by one element of the funding strategy. TriMet will issue…

  • Seattle to Ditch its Trolleybuses?

    Via Planetizen: The Seattle Times is reporting that Seattle is considering replacing its electric trolleybuses with hybrid buses to save money, although this perspective is not universally supported. Human Transit has an analysis of factors that might cause cities to curtail or replace trolleybus systems.

  • Would You Rent Out Your Car? Rent Your Neighbor’s?

    Via Planetizen: That’s what an effort in California would allow. If your car is idle for long periods of time, you could put it into a car-share pool. Likewise, you could access your neighbors’ or co-workers’ cars if they were part of the program. Over at the carsharing.us blog, Dave has an analysis of why…