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Transit Boards for All
Late last month we introduced the Transit Board™, a real-time arrival web tool for tracking TriMet buses and trains. One TMA has already implemented it, we’re in discussion with another TMA, an architecture office has put on their intranet. One of the pieces of feedback we got is “let us define our own”. So we’ve…
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There Oughta be a Law
The Oregon Legislature will convene in a short ten months. Now is the time to start developing ideas for legislation, finding sponsors and allies, and trying out your arguments. What changes would you like to see in the laws, what programs you think we should create and fund (and which ones should be killed) and…
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Making the Case for Planning
I had the opportunity to attend the MPAC Mayor’s Forum last Friday. The event was the first public review of a new study by Davis/Hibbitts on attitudes toward regional planning. You may have seen some of this quoted in the Oregonian on Friday. I’m trying to get a hold of the PowerPoint file, as there…
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Report from the Go Plantinum Kick-off
The biknoscienti gathered in force last night for a double-header event at the downtown Bike Gallery store. The Trek Portland was publicly unveiled and the City’s campaign to attain Platinum cycling status was formally kicked off. It was announced that the first “Portland” was going to Congressman Earl Blumenaur (at Trek’s insistance). Earl then insisted…