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More from Japan: Should Standards be Standard?
[Editor’s note – contributor Rick Browning is currently in Japan studying urban streetcape issues, supported by a grant from the Architectural Foundation of Oregon.] Konichi wa Portland Transport Gang! Still in Japan. It has been more challenging than I thought trying to sketch, diagram, keep a journal, interview Japanese designers and planners and — do…
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Another Perspective on Bridgeport Village
Readers of this site will recognize that we have not been hesitant to criticize the new Bridgeport Village “Lifestyle Center” (the new term for shopping mall) in Durham. Its lack of multi-modal connectivity and the fact that it is not located where the 2040 plan calls for a center to occur (along with supporting transportation…
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PSU Announces Fall Transportation Courses
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies TRANSPORTATION COURSES – Fall 2005 We are pleased to announce our Fall 2005 course offerings, and particularly encourage students and working professionals to register for these courses related to transportation: ** CE 407/507 SEMINAR: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (1 credit, F 12-13:30**)* – Weekly seminar series where students,…
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What Transportation Network Would Jesus Design?
I swiped this one from 1000 Friends’ e-mail newsletter. Religious leaders are getting behind New Urbanism on the grounds that “the philosophy behind New Urbanism is a possible antidote to the isolation experienced by many churches and Christians.” Sprawl makes it more difficult for churches to achieve their objectives, Bess said. For example, anyone who…
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The President Bicycles: what does it mean?
The novelist H.G. Wells said that he felt hope for the human race whenever he saw an adult on a bicycle. Our current president is now notorious in his love of bicycling, even if he falls off once in awhile. What does this mean for national transportation policy? If he rides enough (or some wags…