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Join Metro, See the World
Last year I had the chance to join a group of regional leaders on a Metro-organized tour of the suburban communities of Vancouver, BC. It was a great experience, and now a follow-up is being organized. So if you’d like to see what’s working (and what’s not) in BC, here’s the scoop. I highly recommend…
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Mel Gets His Numbers
As reported yesterday in the O. Here’s the official statement from Mary Fetsch of TriMet: TriMet has provided ridership data for years. Post 9/11, the issue of what is sensitive security information (SSI) has changed, and continues to evolve. We were directed to withhold information that was considered SSI. Now that the TSA office in…
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KBOO Bike Show: Change of Seasons
Listen to the show (mp3, 13.1M) PDOT’s Jeff Smith talk with Ayleen and Carl about getting ready for spring and summer riding.
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CRC Update – May
The Columbia River Crossing task force will not meet in May, in fact their June meeting is the only one currently scheduled (what will they be doing all fall?). Here’s the update from the project staff: The Columbia River Crossing Task Force will hold its next meeting on June 26 in Portland to receive a…
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What Makes Good Transit?
An interesting new paper from VTPI: “Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements: Considering Comfort and Convenience In Transport Project Evaluation” (that’s a mouthfull). Basically the idea is to look at what the amenities (or lack thereof) are that make a transit trip seem longer or shorter (as a proxy for more or less attractive compared to…