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Shall we call it a “Freight Faire”?
COLUMBIA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION PRESENTS Past, Present and Future Transportation in Portland Sponsored by Portland Office of Transportation If you have a comment or question about transportation in the Columbia Corridor, this is the event to attend. Give Your Opinion Tell us where the City needs to install new signs, where the bottlenecks are, and how…
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What Does Health Got to do with it? Metro’s Relationship to Health
The Portland region is often commended for it’s smart growth and planning. Benefits of our planning efforts have resulted in a range of transportation options, access to parks and greenspaces, and livable and walkable neighborhoods, to name a few. An often overlooked, yet important benefit is the positive impact that our planning efforts have on…
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Transit Mall Update
Even from 2,000 miles south of fareless square, I couldn’t help but notice developments on the Transit Mall Light Rail project. Here’s the rundown: The Trib is focusing on the pedestrian safety aspects of the design. Does the operational change that would give buses and trains in the center lane the right-of-way increase risks for…
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Let’s Untangle the Neighborhood that Tried it First
Anna Griffin reports in the Oregonian today that Sam Adams would like neighborhood business districts to consider paid parking, funneling the revenue back into their neighborhoods. I couldn’t agree more. For 18 months I served on a Citizens Advisory Committee that arrived at the same conclusion for my neighborhood in NW Portland. But that was…
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Dreaming a Tea Party in the Middle of Traffic
I never met Sara Cogan before she was struck by a Honda Accord while crossing NW 23rd Avenue at Quimby Street. It was the evening of January 31, and she and her daughter-in-law, Danielle, were heading home. It was a rainy night. The car, driven by 23-year-old Colleen McClure, apparently struck Danielle first, and then…