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What the Streetcar
HatersSkeptics are MissingThere have been several critiques recently, dismissing streetcars as slow transit. I think that misses the point of streetcar, at least as we have deployed it here in Portland. Streetcar is transit that emphasizes short trips. That’s very much in line with the ‘Healthy Connected City’ plank of the Portland Plan, which envisions Portland as…
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MLS All-Star game open thread
Next week, Portland will host one a major cultural event, and you can take MAX to see it: Ted Nugent is playing the Expo Center. :) Oh, there will be a soccer game at Multhomah Civic PGE Jeld-Wen Providence Park, too, So, another Open Thread. Portland has updated its Comprehensive Plan, and has a rather…
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Vaporettos for Portland?
One of my fondest memories of childhood was a much-planned, much-saved-for family vacation to Europe in my early teen years. One of the seven-countries-in-21-days destinations was Venice and I can’t forget the Vaporettos (water taxi/buses) that plied the canal system. Correspondent Bill Badrick fills us in on a vision for Vaporettos in Portland. – Chris…
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Actually, let’s not bother to fix federal transportation funding
We probably need higher gas taxes in the United States. We desperately need a federal carbon tax. But do we really need higher federal gas taxes? No, we don’t. As Congress debates highway-funding stopgaps and Oregon’s most influential transportation experts get ready for an Aug. 4 forum about the future of U.S. transportation funding, maybe it’s…
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An Integrated Vision for Car-Lite Life
Helsinki is on a campaign to reduce auto reliance. One of their strategies is integrating a trip-planning tool with a single-payment system for a variety of forms of mobility, as outlined in this Citylab piece.