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Transportation

Flushing The Bike Plan Into The Sewer?

by Gil Johnson

Sam Adams, still our fair city’s mayor, is the Will Rogers of public works projects—he’s never met one he didn’t like.
Especially if it has something about it that’s trendy, green or sustainable.
Today, the City Council will vote on Adams’ proposal to siphon $20 million from Portland’s sewer fees to jump start the recently enacted 2030 [...]

03.17.2010 See the rest → 3 comments

Spotted in PDX

by PAgent

Look what I found chained up in downtown — it’s the Tripod, a three-wheeled velomobile made by Columbia Cycle Works, LLC. And it’s a mighty pretty thing, in my humble opinion.
If you want to go truly green with your commute, you should walk or ride a bike. Unfortunately, for a lot of the year that [...]

03.09.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

“I Thought Of That While Riding My Bike”*

by Gil Johnson

The past week’s glorious weather has permitted me to actually look up and around as I’ve pedaled my bike throughout town. The veil of drizzle was lifted and the sun illuminated some things I hadn’t been paying attention to. Such as:
Yard signs. This may be too much to ask in a town where one still [...]

02.22.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

A Portland Flyer’s Lament

by Rabbi David

I have a little secret. At least, I think it’s a secret. At least, I’m pretty sure not everyone knows about it. My “secret” is that I’m an aviation buff. I love airplanes. I love reading about airplanes. I love looking at pictures of airplanes. I even still like riding in airplanes, despite all the [...]

01.22.2010 See the rest → 8 comments

All Units, Be On The Lookout

by PAgent

I have a reputation of being somewhat critical. For example, I often see people on the highway who I think are driving like idiots. In response, I mutter to myself, call them names under my breath, and point them out to my kids as an example of how NOT to drive.
But today I was exposed [...]

01.11.2010 See the rest → 7 comments

A Green Line Redux

by Cosmic Charlie

TriMet’s MAX Green Line has been fully operational for two weeks now. I posted a few observations after the opening weekend, mostly critical. (Older folk are like that, with these confounded new-fangled gizmos…) I knew then that opening weekend would not be a true example of typical life on the Green Line, so I gave [...]

09.28.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

PDX with Less “International”; Lufthansa Service Ends

by Aaron

Flickr member F18E777 captured this photo today of the final Portland-to-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight. As announced in July, Lufthansa is canceling its Portland service due to declining travel numbers. This leaves Northwest’s flight to Amsterdam as Portland’s only direct European connection.

09.13.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

It’s Not Easy Being Green…

by Cosmic Charlie

Today was opening day for the new MAX Green Line. Since I had things to do and places to go, and just happened to be downtown near PSU, I decided to take the Green Line home. Allow me to share a bit of the adventure.
I wandered onto the milling crowd at SW 6th & Madison, [...]

09.12.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Irritation to the MAX

by Cosmic Charlie

You would think they had never seen a train before.
I deboarded the bus on Main Street yesterday, and caught my first glimpse of the Yellow Line rolling down SW 6th. I stopped and took in the sight, a momentous occasion. It seemed like a ‘What’s wrong with this picture?’ test. Normal, yet odd.
I wasn’t the [...]

09.01.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

“You all can go to LENTS!”

by Cosmic Charlie

Soon, you can go there by train.
Where does the time go? Seems only years ago the MAX Green Line started tearing up the I-205 Freeway, remodeling the landscape, keeping traffic interesting. All that fun is coming to fruition. In just sixteen days the Green Line will begin carting folks from PSU to Clackamas Town Center.
Saturday, [...]

08.27.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Sleek, Sexy… and Inconvenient

by Aaron

TriMet’s new light rail vehicles (purchased to build up the fleet for the upcoming Green Line service) have been described as “sleek” and “sexy.” As I started watching them in operation, noting that the new cars only have operator controls at one end, I realized there’s a snag in this plan.
Currently, when one car [...]

08.24.2009 See the rest → 12 comments
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