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Classy Presentations
One of the perks that comes with publishing this blog is the opportunity to sit on the panel reviewing student presentations for the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation class. I can’t emphasize enough what a great program this – many neighborhood and transportation activists have graduated from this class. This year, we are delighted to have…
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PDOT Priorities
Still a few days left to express your thoughts on where the budget knife should fall next at the Portland Office of Transportation as the recession continues to decrease available revenue from gas taxes: If you had to cut $6.4 million from the City’s Transportation budget, how would you prioritize programs? Please take our survey…
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CRC Critic Joins Mayor’s Staff
Much was made of the announcement that Amy Ruiz, news editor of the Portland Mercury, was joining Mayor Sam Adams’ staff. The coverage focused on the transition from reporter to policy wonk. What no one seems to have commented on yet is that Ruiz as been a very vocal critic of the Columbia River Crossing:…
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NPR: Oberstar on Gas Tax, Stimulus
Oberstar on raising the gas tax to fund the Interstate Highway System: “But in those days there was a sense of destiny, of future, of what is good for America — not what is good for my political career. But what we’ve had in the last 12 years is a no-tax philosophy, and so there’s…
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The Role of Streetcar
There’s an excellent post over on Intermodality laying out the difference between buses, streetcars and light rail. I’m not 100% in agreement on all the details, but I think it does a great job with the big picture and the role of streetcars.