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Streetcars as Part of the Transit Network
Curtis Ailes has long been a Portland Transport correspondent, living in Indianapolis. He and his family have recently moved to Portland and we’re happy to welcome him to the region and to Portland Transport! Recently, a tectonic jolt rocked the transit blogosphere as The Atlantic Cities’ Eric Jaffe penned a column supporting the notion that streetcars…
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The Air We Breathe
PSU Transportation Seminar: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution Speaker: Alex Bigazzi, PhD candidate, Portland State University Topic: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution When: Friday, February 28, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstracts: Urban bicyclists’ uptake of traffic-related air pollution is still not well quantified, due to a lack…
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County Chair Transportation Conversation
As a 501(c)(3) Portland Transport does not endorse candidates. But we can and do encourage our readers to get knowledgeable about candidates’ transportation positions. The Multnomah County Chair race may seem like a bit of a sleeper for transportation advocates, but it’s a very important one. The County is responsible for the majority of bridges…
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How Would ODOT Pay for the CRC?
The Columbia River Crossing was front page news in Salem last week (more on that later), which begs the question, if Oregon goes ahead on its own, how would the bill get paid? The first installment is the $450M that the legislature committed last year. They’d have to repeat that commitment, as it expired when…
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Spin Cycle: CRC Seismic Upgrades
Well, at least the half-life of lies being told to support the Columbia River Crossing is getting shorter. In its morning printed edition of February 10, the Oregonian reported that state bridge engineer Bruce Johnson claimed that “no one had estimated the cost of seismically retrofitting” the I-5 bridges, and speculated that such a retrofit…