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Sport Columnist Conflates Streetcar, Trailblazers
I wouldn’t even have seen it if a reader had not e-mailed me a link, since I don’t regulary read the sports page, but yesterday Dwight Jaynes’ commentary in the Portland Tribune suggests that the “keep Portland wierd” foks are winning, wondering when we’ll stop building Streetcars and start rattling Paul Allen’s cage about keeping…
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Fascinating
Via the SHIFT list, an info-graphic that I could look at all day.
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Free Markets and Lexus Lanes
In the summer issue of Dissent, Benjamin Ross, a transit advocate from Maryland, offers a deconstruction of free-market arguments for road building and then takes on express toll lanes.
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Article Puts Stranger Danger in Perspective
We have discussed here before the idea that kids are largely car-dependent for the mobility because of parental fear of abduction. An article in the Palm Beach Post discussed this at some length, and puts it in perspective: in 1930, 11% of the population did not make it to age 20. Today that number is…
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Check Out another Aspect of Transportation
When’s the last time you had a chance to see what goes on at a river port? Here’s a unique opportunity: Seaport Celebration at Terminal 6 Discovering Industry on the River, Saturday August 26th from 10:30am-2:00pm Seaport Celebration–Discovering Industry on the River Take a tour, watch a video, listen to pirate band Captain Bogg and…