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Urgency of Transportation Funding Problem
Friday’s Tribune has an editorial about the urgency of coming to grips with the state’s transportation needs. While the author and I might disagree on what some of the specific projects might be, we’re on the same wavelength on several points, including the need to ensure that maintenance gets funded. We also see the way…
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A Glimmer of Hope from Wall Street
This week’s Business Week has an interesting article suggesting that Wall Street is tripping over itself to invest in alternative energy technologies. But it also says that the results may be a while in coming. It likens this trend to investing in computers in the 1970’s.
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Flexcar to Test Student Program at U of P
A reader just passed along this post at Metroblogging Portland. I think making Flexcar available to younger drivers is a great idea. Car sharing companies have been reluctant to do this because of higher insurance rates.
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Transportation Re-Vision
This week’s Willamette Week makes five recommendations to re-vision Portland. Two of them are transportation-related. One is a no-brain-er, implementing the BTA’s vision to greatly expand our bicycle boulevard network. The other would, I’m sure, be more controversial. They suggest congestion pricing for downtown, analogous to what was implemented in London: A few years ago,…