Update: 9/6/06 Note that registration on a scholarship basis (i.e., free to activists) ends on September 13th. Original Post: 8/22/06 It’s time for the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation class again. I can’t say enough about this class. It’s a great way to learn how the transportation bureaucracy in local government works, and where to apply…

A reporter for the Tribune would like to interview folks who commute on 26 for a story. If you are interested in being interviewed, please e-mail webmaster@portlandtransport.com with your name, phone number and the direction you commute. Also, in general what do people think about the proposition that the reverse commute on 26 is just…

Update: 29 August 2006 The videos are now available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJlq-EEufE. Original Post: 16 August 2006 The BBC program Newsnight has a long segment on alternative transportation in Portland. There is a video stream at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc2/nb/rm/video/newsnight_nb.ram, but since that appears to be a generic address, I’m not sure how long it with have…

It was bound to happen, transportation videos showing up on YouTube. Here are two. From Dave Brook, traffic in India (I love the pedicabs). And off the SHIFT list, a different way to get bikes up hills.

I’ve commented here before about the tendency for citizens to get up in arms about projects, when they didn’t pay attention to the policies that were adopted years before that enable those projects. An article from Sunday’s Oregonian makes a related point: citizens will get in an uproar about small things, while often ignoring major…