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Cleaner Cars within Reach!
The Oregon Economic Council passes on this call to action: The proposed “clean car standards” are one step away from becoming a reality in Oregon. Now is the time to urge the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to permanently adopt the clean car standards. These more protective tailpipe standards for new passenger cars and light-duty trucks…
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Tax Policy, Car Ads and Warning Labels
A fellow wonk recently passed on this article to me: “On the Road Again: How Tax Policy Drives Transportation Choices” by Roberta F. Mann. You can find it online here (you have to jump through some hoops to read it).
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Regional Attitudes on Transportation
Yesterday I mentioned the new Regional Attitudes Polling done by Metro. I got the electronic file today, you can see the whole presentation here. But I know what you’re really interested in is the transportation stuff, so here goes…
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Transit Boards for All
Late last month we introduced the Transit Board™, a real-time arrival web tool for tracking TriMet buses and trains. One TMA has already implemented it, we’re in discussion with another TMA, an architecture office has put on their intranet. One of the pieces of feedback we got is “let us define our own”. So we’ve…
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There Oughta be a Law
The Oregon Legislature will convene in a short ten months. Now is the time to start developing ideas for legislation, finding sponsors and allies, and trying out your arguments. What changes would you like to see in the laws, what programs you think we should create and fund (and which ones should be killed) and…