As bike tourism takes off in Oregon, so do transit options
Thanks to a growing number of bike-friendly transit options, it’s never been easier to explore Oregon (and beyond) without a car.
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Skamania County’s bike-friendly transit to the Gorge expands to weekends
Skamania County (in Washington) offers a bike-friendly public transit option to the Bridge of the Gods in the Columbia River Gorge.
“We’re all in this together”: A Q & A with transit activist Jonathan Ostar
Executive Director of OPAL, Jonathan Ostar, photographed at the Active Transportation debate on Monday night.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Bikes, cars, trains: What’s the best value for taxpayers?
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. How much do various types of transportation projects cost taxpayers? Here’s an imperfect, but startling, hint: From 1995 to 2010, our state and federal government spent $5,538 per new bike or foot commuter in the … Read more
TriMet adds student’s “Bike to Transit Map” to App Center
Screen grab from Bike to Transit Map. – See it here– Our regional transit agency, TriMet, is a national leader at data-sharing and they embrace open-source tools. One such tool that they’ve recently added to their App Center is the nifty Portland Bike to Transit Map. According to the map’s creator, Melelani Sax-Barnett, “It can … Read more
Metro wins $2 million from FTA to study transit corridor on Barbur Blvd
There’s plenty of room on Barbur for a transit corridor. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced that Metro has won a $2 million grant to do an analysis of the “Southwest Corridor” project. The corridor would run from downtown Portland south via Barbur Blvd (99W) to Sherwood. This could bring major changes to Barbur … Read more
Ballot measure in Damascus would prohibit public mass transit
“To insure that the City of Damascus is open as much as possible to the free flow of vehicular traffic and citizen travel within the city…” — Text from a ballot measure that would prohibit public mass transit in Damascus A ballot measure to be voted on in March in the city of Damascus, Oregon … Read more
New railcars for WES give TriMet a bike car option
TriMet has purchased two new railcars for its WES line that have a large storage area inside, similar to this one used by Caltrain as a bike car.(Photo © Todd Boulanger)