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Looking for a Quick Ride?
Rent a bike! Similar to the Flexcar car sharing program, but perhaps paid for in part by advertising, we may soon be able to rent any of up to 500 bicycles in downtown Portland. From portlandonline.com: The City of Portland is accepting proposals for a bike rental system in the central city area. Imagine being…
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Congestion Costs and Solutions
This article, written by Todd Litman and published on Planetizen, broaches the possibility that the Texas Transportation Institute’s methodology for their annual Urban Mobility Report is flawed by using unrealistic expectations as a benchmark for measuring the cost of congestion. He suggests that a more realistic measurement of cost could be derived by using a…
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Speed in the UK
Via the SHIFT list: An advocacy group in the UK is pushing for lowering speed limits on local city streets to 20mph. Think we could do this in Portland on neighborhood streets?
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I Brake for People
This morning we welcome a new contributor, Joseph Edge! The Oregon Department of Transportation and City of Portland Office of Transportation are collaborating to launch a media campaign to make crossing the street safer for people. While Oregon law requires that motorists stop at intersections and crosswalks to allow pedestrians to cross safely, many people…
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CRC Costs Come in Below $6B
Columbia River Crossing project staff have released an estimate range of $3.1B to $4.2B. Meanwhile, Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters was quoted on OPB saying the Feds might pick up as much as 80% of the cost. Madam Secretary, will you match 80% for the transit piece too? Pinch me.