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Columbia River Crossing: Transit in a Box
Today’s Columbian features an article on how CRC engineers may place the transit component inside the bridge structure, reducing materials costs by not requiring wider spans or an additional span for transit. If a Box Girder construction method is used, there could be sufficient room for transit lanes (and emergency evacuation for pedestrians) within the…
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Mercury Blog: Fred Hansen Announces Proposals for Increased Security
The Mercury’s Blogtown PDX has a post about Fred Hansen’s appearance at the City Club, speaking about MAX security. Check out the entire post for all the details. Based on that article, Fred’s proposals appear to boil down to: Increasing the Transit Police Division staff by 10 percent. Increasing fare inspections by giving Wackenhut staff…
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Surplus helps bicyclists, addicts, more
The city of Portland is expecting a budget surplus this year, and in stark contrast to the recent Interstate Avenue debacle, the city council unanimously approved how the additional funds would be divided. Some of the money has even been earmarked for certain improvements to the transportation infrastructure: Another big winner was Portland’s cycling community.…
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Framework Part 1: The New Direction for Oregon
Updated 12/7/07 Rob asked me to add the graphic below on Greenhouse Gas emissions for Oregon. Click on the chart for a larger version. Original Post 12/6/07 Well, I promised a report from the Oregon Business Plan Leadership Conference, but Rob Zako beat me to it, with an excellent summary published on the OTRAN list…
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Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia
Via Planetizen: Every Sunday from 7am to 2pm, up to 2 million residents of Bogotá, Colombia enjoy over 70 miles of car-free streets. The event is called Ciclovía. StreetFilms brings you along for the ride. In September, StreetFilms videographer Clarence Eckerson traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to document that city’s remarkable Livable Streets movement. Accompanied by…