Category: Modes

  • KBOO Bike Show: North Portland Greenway

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.0MB) Learn all about “npGreenway” the proposed trail from St. Johns to downtown.

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: npGreenway

    The North Portland Greenway (aka npGreenway) project seeks to create an off-street trail from St. Johns to downtown, much of it overlooking the river. Learn more about the project on tomorrow’s show. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, April 7th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • Hope for Transit Operations?

    Congressional surface transportation chair Jim Oberstar is reported by Streetsblog to be in support of allowing Federal formula funds for transit to be used for operations, not just capital. Interestingly, APTA (the association of transit agencies) has historically been opposed to this. Now perhaps if Congress offered additional funds for operations…

  • If I Were Asking the Questions

    If I were on the interview committee for TriMet’s General Manager position, here’s what I’d be asking: How will you ensure that the agency has sufficient financial reserves to whether economic downturns without extensive service cuts? How would you develop a series of measures to determine if transit service is being provided equitably across geographic…

  • Another Attempt at a TriMet Riders Union

    Last year there was an effort to form a Transit Riders Union. I don’t know the official state of that effort (someone please comment and tell us) but I understand that effort has factionalized somewhat. Now OPAL (Organizing People – Activating Leaders), a local environmental justice organization, is working on organizing TriMet riders, using principles…