Transportation in Portland, Oregon
- Transportation in Portland, Oregon
Like transportation in the rest of the United States, the primary mode of local transportation in Portland, Oregon is the automobile. But Portland's reputation as a well-planned city is due to Metro's regional master plan in which transit-oriented development plays a major role..
ee also
* Neil Goldschmidt, a Portland Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Transportation who exerted broad influence on transportation in Portland
* Transportation in Seattle and Transportation in Vancouver for Pacific Northwest comparisons
* Portland Urban Iditarod
Notes
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4777801.stm BBC News article on Portland Transportation]
External links
* [http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/ City of Portland's Office of Transportation]
*Oregon Department of Transportation's [http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?curRegion=14&mainNav=RoadConditions TripCheck] , including a [http://www.tripcheck.com/popups/speedmap.asp speed-of-traffic map] (in GIF format)
* [http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/ProjectPage.shtml ODOT's Portland-area projects]
* [http://www.trimet.org/index.shtml TriMet]
* [http://www.bta4bikes.org/ Portland's Bicycle Transportation Alliance]
* [http://www.shift2bikes.org/index.shtml Portland SHIFT to Bikes]
* [http://www2.co.multnomah.or.us/Public/EntryPoint?ch=f2fd7845ebd96010VgnVCM1000003bc614acRCRD Multnomah County bridges]
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