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Improving service to Swan Island?
Longtime and frequent commenter Lenny Anderson pens an op-ed in the Oregonian on how riders can improve transit service. (Hint: Find more riders). Which brings me to a few thoughts on how best to serve Swan Island. A big problem with serving it is that it’s essentially a dead end. More accurately, it’s two dead…
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My Advice to TriMet
I was asked by the Portland Tribune to provide perspective on TriMet’s current situation, as were a number of other people and organizations in the community and they all run in today’s paper on the opinion page. Here’s what I shared (the title I submitted was “Four prescriptions for a sustainable TriMet”): TriMet finds itself…
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Are You Walking to Work Tomorrow?
It’s National Walk to Work Day, part of Oregon Health Week. Details from the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: Portland Celebrates a Healthy Economy with Walk to Work Day Portland, Ore. – As part of Oregon Public Health Week, the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition and partners invite the walkers and workers of Portland to meet at one of…
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Return of the LUFO
The next public vote on the Columbia River Crossing will occur on April 12th at Metro. Metro will take up an amendment to their Land Use Final Order (LUFO) required because of the appeal filed by project opponents. The LUFO, you may recall, is the magical bit of authority the Legislature gave to Metro that…
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KBOO Bike Show: Professional Drivers
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.7MB) Interviewing professional drivers, including Ralph Kerbs from TriMet; Jackson Cafazzo who drives a taxi for Radio Cab; and Zach Wiley who drives a truck for the US Postal Service.