Now, if you have a mobile device with the right capabilities, you have yet another option to find schedules, arrivals, and assorted TriMet transit information. (And of course you can always call 238-RIDE.)

Portlander Cynthia Morgan has assembled and reviewed a fairly comprehensive list of Portland related iPhone applications.

In The Twitter Explosion at the American Journalism Review Paul Farhi examines Twitter as a tool for journalism. For journalists, the real question is whether Twitter is more than just the latest info-plaything. Does it “work” in any meaningful way – as a news-dissemination channel, a reporting and source-building tool, a promotional platform? Or is [...]

Chris Smith at Portland Transport has created an interface to get TriMet TransitTracker arrival times via mobile phone text message. For slow texters like me, using this tool might not be any faster than calling 238-Ride, but it doesn’t hurt to have options. It’s very simple to use, as he explains: To get arrival times [...]

You probably already know about Nextbus for real-time Portland Streetcar arrival information. But do you know about MuniTime? For the iPhone? The Portland Streetcar is one of the first two transit agencies available. To access it, bookmark this URL on your iPhone: http://pdx.munitime.com (If the iPhone has such a great web browser, I’m not sure [...]