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The Edge Defines the Center
Does the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) affect our transportation system? You bet it does – how much we expand the UGB, and where, shapes growth within the boundary. And that drives demand for mobility in different parts of the region. Which makes City Limits: Walking Portland’s Boundary by David Oates an interesting read. It’s not…
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Toll Discontent
Hat tip to a reader who pointed me to a three-part series in the Denver Post about toll roads that fail to meet revenue projections. The series title is “Truth be Tolled.” Part 1: Roads to riches paved with bad projections Part 2: No 2-way street Part 3: A fork in C-470 The consequences include…
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Traffic Engineers Invade Portland
AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is holding a management conference (PDF, 608K) in Portland starting June 25th. No word yet on whether the National Guard will be called out to defend the city. A few session topics: The Private Sector’s Role in State DOTs Managing through Crisis and Change Seriously,…
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Incenting Behavior Change
Remember the old advertising jingle, “I’d like to buy the world a coke…”, well how about a new version: “I’d like to buy the world a bike…” Here’s a success story from the Rogue Valley on getting folks to change their transportation patterns. In April of 2005, fifteen courageous Rogue Valley citizens committed to giving…
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Any Ethicists Out There?
When do the needs of many trump the rights of an individual? I had an interesting experience on the #15 bus on Saturday (coming home from watching An Inconvenient Truth). The bus was approaching the (red) light at 18th and Morrison, wanting to make the right turn to get out to Burnside. There was a…