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Since You Asked
Last week on the thread talking about a “10 best” list of transportation blogs, I was asked what I read. Well, here’s the list, straight from my RSS reader: “Talking Transportation” – http://talkingtransportation.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Innovative Transport – http://innovativetransport.blogspot.com/atom.xml America’s Best Transit System – http://community.livejournal.com/trimet/data/atom AMSTERDAMIZE – http://amsterdamize.com/feed/ BTA Blog – http://www.bta4bikes.org/btablog/feed/atom/ BUILD IT – http://www.portlandbikenetwork.org/feed/rss/ C.I.C.L.E.…
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RTP End Game
The final public comment period for the Regional Transportation Plan commences today. Speak now or hold your peace: 45-day public comment period on the Regional Transportation Plan opens March 22 On Monday, Metro opens a public comment period on both the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and the plan’s Air Quality Conformity Determination. The RTP…
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Eavesdropping on a CRC Phone Call
With the Mercury’s Sarah Mirk. Two comments on the exchanges Sarah has written up. Nobody is talking about the elephant in the room: the Hayden Island Interchange design certainly has impacts on the community there, but it’s also about whether the Port of Portland gets to develop the West end of the Island at some…
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Hansen to Leave TriMet, What Next?
The Tribune is reporting that Fred Hansen will leave TriMet this summer when his current contract ends. This leaves me with three thoughts: Obviously Fred has had a tremendous and overwhelmingly positive impact on the region. For those of us who worry that TriMet’s agenda has become overbalanced toward Light Rail at the expense of…