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TriMet opens new bike-n-rides
Today, TriMet opened two new bike-and-ride facilities, secure bike parking for customers who use bicycles to reach transit, at the Beaverton and Gresham transit centers. The Beaverton facility is the largest so far in the TriMet system, with a capacity of 100 bicycles. Unlike the previous such facility at Sunset TC; the Beaverton facility does…
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New Way of Doing Business at ODOT?
Last week Oregon Department of Transportion Director Matt Garrett announced the creation of an “Active Transportation Section” within the department. While some speculated that this might effectively be just window dressing, BikePortland appears to believe this could be a substantive shift in a positive direction. What do you think?
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Parking Still a Bargain in Portland
A study reported in the Business Journal indicates that at $15, downtown daily parking is still pretty cheap when compared to other large cities. Likewise for the monthly rate of $185. In related news, Streetsblog has a take on what I think is the same study, and notes how awesome the most expensive cities are.…
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TriMet and germs
Much attention has been paid to reductions in TriMet’s security staff and the resulting increase in fare evasion. But according to Joseph Rose at The Oregonian, the busses are dirtier, too. Health experts indicate that bacteria levels on TriMet vehicles (particularly busses with cloth seats) are most likely not a health hazard, and the new…
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Call to Action on Transportation Re-authorization
Transportation for America has an action page to encourage the Senate to take a different path on the 6-year transportation re-authorization: Late last week the House released the outline of their transportation bill, which would cut total transportation funding by one-third, kill the tiny slice of dedicated funding for safer walking and biking, slash transit…