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Ross Island Bridge Cluster F@#!
Traffic is so bad this morning that I waited about 15 minutes for the bus to move about 500ft toward the stop. It still wasn’t there so I literally stopped waiting and came inside to remote connect and get some work done.
One of the serious, if not massive disadvantages of buses in regular traffic using existing infrastructure. They’re prone to the exact same massive idiocy we’ve perpetuated in this country for decades. Drive, drive, drive, drive. America, please take your car culture and dispose of it appropriately, you’re wasting us productive people’s time.
Fortunately I refuse to be a part of this idiocy right now and I’m fortunate enough to have made some good career decisions. So now, with that news report of the complete catastrophe of traffic out there, I’m going to get to work.
TriMet’s Toy Collection Grows
I just thought this image was pretty cool, so I had to post it (with the respective link of course). TriMet has this image displayed in their “How to Ride” section of the site.
I’m waiting to see a shot of the bus, light rail, and streetcar over by PSU one day. It is a perfect place to stage a shot for TriMet Marketing. 
Good for Enviros, Chore for Landlords
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The newly passed stimulus bill’s sustainability elements are blessings for green builders and environmentalists. As far as commercial property owners are concerned, however, those elements may be seen as too much work for little benefit.
Opinion: Beware Toll Road Privatization
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Author, WSJ columnist and Huffington Post blogger Thomas Frank cautions against the public-private partnerships that are leasing public toll roads, warning that it isn’t in the public interest; that they will become affordable only to the wealthy.
Height-For-Space Strategy Works, Mostly
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
San Francisco and other cities have historically given developers the incentive to build taller for providing a proportional amount of public space. This article looks at what has worked as well as how it has backfired.
‘Nonconforming Urbanism’ the New Face of Density
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Architect Teddy Cruz examines the south-north flow of “nonconforming urbanism” in the Tijuana-San Diego region, and how changing communities in this dynamic area could shape the way we think about increasing density.
Atlanta Beltline Project’s Future Unclear
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Mixed communication, contested railway lines and the collision of local, state and federal entities has put the future of Atlanta’s Beltline greenspace and transit project.
B.C. Sees Development Market Frozen into 2010
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Developers in British Columbia are not hopeful for their field’s outlook, estimating that the market freeze could last for another year and a half.
Google and NASA Team Up to Save the World
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Futurist Dr. Ray Kurzweil is part of a team of big thinkers on the faculty of Singularity University, a joint project of Google and NASA with a mission to solve “humanity’s grand challenges.”
Is The Age of the Robot Car Upon Us?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Brad Templeton, chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, hopes that robot-driven cars will become commonplace on our roads in the next decade or two.
