Category: Transport

  • Portland’s Transportation System Plan

    Portland’s Transportation System Plan

    Portland’s Transportation System Plan (TSP) is the city’s 350-page roadmap for the next 20 years. My task was to distill it into a 7-minute introduction that conveyed the key issues and challenges in a way any citizen could understand.

  • Eye in the Sky

    Eye in the Sky

    Portland’s Bureau of Transportation asked me to collaborate on a simple experiment: in 15 minutes at rush hour, how many people do cars vs buses vs bikes move down a certain street? It was part of an effort to convince City Council to invest in “rose lanes,” special bus-only lanes to pull transit out of…

  • Designing a Smarter Street

    Designing a Smarter Street

    Portland’s Bureau of Transportation had a problem: there were just too many fatalities and injuries – both pedestrian and driver – on some of the city’s east side streets, but the solution seemed so counter-intuitive their constituents rebelled. So they asked me to help explain the logic behind the new strategy and reboot the communications behind…

  • Discover Sunday Parkways

    Discover Sunday Parkways

    Five times a summer, in different parts of the city, Portland closes a few streets to cars and funny thing happens: people of all ages come rushing out to play in the streets. And man is it inspiring, as I think our film for Sunday Parkways captures pretty well.

  • Oregon Walks

    Oregon Walks

    A short film we created for Oregon’s premier walking advocacy organization, unveiling a new name and a bold new vision – from script and messaging to direction, videography and editorial.

  • On the Right Track: Portland’s New Cycle Track

    On the Right Track: Portland’s New Cycle Track

    Mixing animation and live action and shot entirely via bikes, a short piece for the City of Portland introducing two spiffy new bike facilities – the cycle track and the buffered bike lanes.

  • Who owns the Road?

    Who owns the Road?

    We live our lives in such a sea of distractions, it’s a wonder we even see what’s in front of us. This PSA for the Eye to Eye Safety Campaign encourages all of us to “start seeing everyone” by freezing a crucial moment in time.