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Transportation Bill Passes State Senate
The Business Journal is reporting that the transportation bill passed the Senate by a comfortable 24-6 vote (18 votes were required). The Governor will certainly sign it.
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Lucky 13!
That’s how many streetcars Oregon Iron Works now has orders for. In addition to six vehicles for Portland’s Streetcar Loop, OIW has just received an order for seven streetcars from Tuscon!
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Mary Nolan is My New Hero
Not that I didn’t respect her a lot before… Nolan (from Portland), the Oregon House Majority Leader, parted company with House Speaker Dave Hunt and voted against the Transportation bill. The bill passed anyway 38-22 (because it raises taxes, it needed a 36 vote super-majority to pass) (and somehow I suspect that if she had…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Sunday Parkways
Host Sara and Beth will talk with Linda Ginenthal of PDOT and Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder about Sunday Parkways, three events this summer that will transform over 7 miles of neighborhood streets into temporary parks, so we can enjoy walking, bicycling, roller blading and dancing in the street – without having to watch out for…
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Portland Transit Riders Union to Protest TriMet Service Cuts
A group calling themselves the Transit Riders Union has organized a protest for 5pm today at Pioneer Courthouse Square. More information on the group here.