Web Resources for Final Project

Public Transportation Usage Statistics:

http://www.hevanet.com/oti/maxcounts98.htm
Rider counts on MAX and equivalent bus lines from September, 1998

http://www.bts.gov/
The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics page; lots of data

Population Statistics:

http://www.hevanet.com/oti/population.htm
Population stats for the Portland Metro counties and Clark county

General Light Rail Info

http://www.cascadepolicy.org/transit/rail.htm
The Cascade Policy Institute site, with many links to information critical of Portland’s light rail system

http://www.oregonlive.com/elections98/oped34.html
An Oregonian opinion column that endorses light rail

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/99/07/st071304.html
Report on MAX’s progress, from an article in the Oregonian. There are many articles here on light rail and buses - try searching the archives for “light rail”

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/99/06/st061509.html
Report on North light rail progress

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/99/06/st060508.html
Results of an opinion poll about north-south light rail from the June 7, 1999 Oregonian

North-South Light Rail:

http://www.tri-met.org/interstatemax/
Information on and projections for the proposed North-South rail program

Airport Light Rail:

http://www.cascadepolicy.org/transit/airport.htm
Analysis of funding for and alternatives to the airport MAX line, written by PSU professor Gerard Mildner

Alternate Fuels:
http://www.afdc.doe.gov/

Other sites with useful info or links:
http://www.hevanet.com/oti/
http://www.tri-met.org/othersites.htm
http://dragon.Princeton.edu:80/~dhb/

If you find a useful link that’s not listed here, send it to transit@scienceintegration.org and I’ll add it to the list.