Portland Travel Guide

When you’re thinking about visiting a place, one of the key questions is often, “What’s within walking distance?” Every hotel or hostel you check out is going to say it’s within “easy walking distance” of something, but you never quite know if they’re trying to sell you a bill of goods. Well, one website can [...]

Original article can be found here: Getting Your Neighborhood’s Walk Score

Portland Travel Guide

Portland has long been recognized for its efforts in innovative public transportation, and the newest transit method is just another feather in the city’s cap. Well, kind of. Now that it’s finished, the Portland Aerial Tram is actually quite a striking addition to the skyline of the emerging South Waterfront district. During its construction, however, [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Tram

Portland Travel Guide

There are lots of ways to see Portland’s sights, including several which take advantage of the river running through the city’s center. One particular tour company not only shows you the sights from the river, they also take you up on land as well – in the same vehicle. Portland Ducks Land and Water Tours [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Duck Tours

Portland Travel Guide

I just returned from a trip to San Diego. Apart from a few footnotes of nice places, it lacks much of the uniqueness of businesses which makes our town so great. I’m definitely happy to be a Portlander for almost two years running now! And now Portland Notes: Portland’s big annual literary festival – known [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: April 24, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Sorry about the delay in posts – been out of town. Anyhow, The picture at right is from a travel article the New York Times is running this weekend about 36 Hours in Portland. Highlights include Doug Fir, Portland Saturday Market and Portland Art Museum. All told it does a good job covering a quick [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: April 13, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

The Portland Trail Blazers are on a two-game winning streak and the word playoffs is being mumbled by some. Catch them in action at their next home game tonight at 7pm against the Memphis Grizzlies. 200 parking spaces have opened up in downtown Portland. Skiers take note – 50-70 inches of new snow could be [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Feb. 23, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

The public transportation in Portland is so good, they’re talking about it in the UK! If you thought political cross-dressing was a recent British phenomenon, you obviously haven’t been to Portland. In Oregon they were ‘cross dressing’ as far back as the 1970′s when the Republican Governor, Tom McCall, took radical steps to prioritise public [...]

Original article can be found here: Where the car is not king

Portland Travel Guide

Thanks to its excellent public transportation systems like the MAX, a reliance on bikes and other alternative ways to get around Portland, the city has been ranked #6 on a list of cities best prepared to deal with an oil crisis. Commute-to-work data, regional public transport ridership, urban sprawl, street congestion, reliance on local food [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland One of the Ten U.S. Cities Best Prepared for an Oil Crisis

Portland Travel Guide

Taking public transport around Portland is popular for a couple of reasons – it’s cheap, it’s easy, and if you want to get around downtown, you’ll never have to worry about finding a place to park (now, if they can just run it all the way across the I-5 and 205 bridges…) Tri-Met’s website has [...]

Original article can be found here: Get There Via Tri-Met

Portland Travel Guide

If you want to get around Portland like the locals do – rent a bike! One of the most bike friendly cities in the country, Portland has more than 200 miles of bikeways, which are bicycle lanes, boulevards, and multi-use trails. More than half of Portland residents own a bicycle and an estimated 5% of [...]

Original article can be found here: How to Get Around Portland by Bike