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Clever Commute Beta Test
The cat’s out of the bag now. The transit tool we’ve been recruiting beta testers for is Clever Commute, which I posted about last month. It’s a peer-to-peer information sharing tool, by which transit users can inform each other about up-to-the-minute conditions. They are evaluating Portland for expansion of their service to the West Coast…
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CRC meets with project area neighborhoods
The Columbia River Crossing project has plans to meet with many neighborhood association and community groups after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is released to give an overview of the information and conclusions contained. These meetings will provide community members with an opportunity to discuss the contents of the document before submitting comments. The schedule…
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StreetFilm: BRT in Bogotá
A few weeks ago we posted a link to a video of the Eugene EmX bus rapid transit line. Today, courtesy of Streetsblog, we have a seven-minute video of a much more expansive BRT system, the TransMilenio in Bogotá, Colombia. During peak hours their control center coordinates up to 1,000 buses an hour. This is…
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Eastside/Westside Portland…since 1890!
Portland has been trying to tie itself together across the Willamette River for a long time. East Portland, Albina, Sellwood and St Johns were separate cities until voters approved mergers in the years between 1890 and 1915. Geography drives this…its tough to expand to the west over mountain range with heights over 1,000 feet and…
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Columbia River Crossing: No Toll Plaza?
A January 24th article in the Columbian hints at an unusual possibility for collecting tolls on a new bridge: No tollbooths would be built. Instead, electronic transponders in each car would collect tolls. One-time users – tourists, for example – would be notified of the impending toll through signs on I-5 approaching the bridge and…