Citizen
Activist
Current Projects:
"No More Freeways" campaign opposing the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway expansion
The ubiquitous "
Transit Appliance
" project
Member of the Portland Streetcar, Inc. board of directors (Currently vice-chair)
Past Projects:
The Street Trust
Action Fund C4 Board of directors
Member of the
Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission (4 years as vice-chair)
Candidate for Metro District 5 - General Election November 3rd, 2020
Portland Transport: a conversation about access and mobility in the Portland/Vancouver metro region
Mayor's Transportation Cabinet
Member of
Portland Bicycle Master Plan
Steering Committee
Member of the
Streetcar System Plan
System Advisory Committee, developing a 50-year vision of a Streetcar Plan for Portland
Member of "Think Tank" Panel of Advisors for the Regional High Capacity Transit Study
Former Chair of
Portland Streetcar
Citizens Advisory Committee
Candidate for Portland City Council
in 2008
Former Citizen Representative on the
Metro Policy Advisory Committee
(MPAC), representing Multnomah County
Past member of the Board of Governors of
City Club of Portland
Past board member and past transportation chair of the
Northwest District Association
chris@chrissmith.us
@chrissmithus