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Flexcar to Test Student Program at U of P
A reader just passed along this post at Metroblogging Portland. I think making Flexcar available to younger drivers is a great idea. Car sharing companies have been reluctant to do this because of higher insurance rates.
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Transportation Re-Vision
This week’s Willamette Week makes five recommendations to re-vision Portland. Two of them are transportation-related. One is a no-brain-er, implementing the BTA’s vision to greatly expand our bicycle boulevard network. The other would, I’m sure, be more controversial. They suggest congestion pricing for downtown, analogous to what was implemented in London: A few years ago,…
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The Bigger Vehicle Wins
One of my NW Portland neighbors took these pictures of the aftermath of an auto/powered-wheelchair collision at NW 21st and Flanders. In a post to the neighborhood listserv, he questions whether increasing the auto intensity of NW Portland (with a new parking structure) is a good idea. My question is having just re-signed NW 21st…
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Parks, Parking Disconnect
Yesterday I swung by Pioneer Courthouse Square to check out the open house on planning for the new parks and updates to Park Block 5, O’Bryant Square and Ankeny Park. One of the panels was about the “Park Avenue Vision” urban design concept which is intended to tie these parks together and link them to…
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LCDC adopts TPR amendments, continues rulemaking
Cross-posted from a message Rob sent to the OTRAN list. FYI, on June 29 the Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted amendments to the Transportation Planning Rule. LCDC also continued the rulemaking process to consider whether or not to make additional amendments to the rule as it relates to thresholds for goal exceptions for roadway…