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KBOO Bike Show on Vacation…
Tomorrow KBOO will rebroadcast this episode…
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Could Your Smartphone Save Your Life?
Via Slashdot: GM is working on technology that would allow a car to detect the WiFi in your smartphone and trigger collision avoidance systems. A boon to pedestrians and cyclists? The driver might be distracted, but the car won’t be?
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Two TriMet-related editorials in the morning paper
This morning’s Oregonian has two editorials (one a guest submission, one by one of the paper’s regulars) on the subject of TriMet. The guest editorial, by Craig Boretz, Randy Miller and Angus Duncan, deals with TriMet’s funding crisis. It calls for further “restructuring” of the labor agreements, including withdrawal of mandatory arbitration. But it also…
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Speaking of Crowdsourcing Apps
Portland Afoot is endeavoring to make the leap from print to digital and just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund app development. [Full disclosure – I serve on the board of the non-profit parent of Portland Afoot.] Check out the promo video and you’ll even get a brief glimpse of yours truly…
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Chicago Crowdsources its Transit App
Via Planetizen: Chicago is going to Kickstarter to build the ultimate transit app. Could Portland do this to get something even better than the much-beloved PDX Bus? Should we do something like this for the interface on our Transit Appliances?