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The Higher Mode
We don’t often talk about transportation by air, but the Daily Business Journal had an interview late last week with Mary Maxwell, the Director of Aviation at the Port of Portland. It was a good reminder of the importance of aviation to the economy in our region. There’s some discussion of the Port’s Hillsboro Airport.…
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Three Strikes and You’re Out
I was driving down 4th Ave in downtown today (I was in a Flexcar) and someone blew through the intersection just in front of me against the light. Startled, I looked around and realized: 1) The driver (of a truck or SUV) was going the wrong way on Morrison St. 2) The driver was driving…
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Tram Facts
Sunday’s Oregonian has a two-part Q&A style piece by Ryan Frank discussing mostly operational issues with the OHSU tram. The mid-air rescue scenario is pretty harrowing, if unlikely (there are two backup power sources to get the cars back to the terminals if the main electrical motor fails). The engineers claim that they have a…
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Bridgeport Parking Rage
Regular readers will know that I have a beef with the almost total auto-dependence of the Bridgeport Village “lifestyle center.” Yesterday’s Oregonian brings word of “parking rage” at the mall. I’m not sure how much of this is a true shortage (Bridgeport has 3.5 parking spaces per 1000 square feet of retail, compared to 4-5…
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Unsafe Routes to School
Apparently some legislators in Pennsylvania think it’s unsafe for kids to walk 1.5 miles to school. They want to reduce the radius for required school bus service to 3/4 of a mile. I’m glad we think different here.