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Your Opportunity to Study Transportation Governance
The City Club is about to study transportation governance. Here is the charge for the study (PDF, 58K) (full disclosure – I was a member of the committee that drafted the charge). City Club is poised to launch two new comprehensive studies and is looking for volunteers to serve on research committees. The first of…
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How Do We Protect Pedestrians?
Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder is executive director of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Do we need better infrastructure for pedestrians? Should new infrastructure spending be primarily on roads? What do we tell the young girl whose mother died on January 7th while walking along Columbia Boulevard in an area that is dark, with no sidewalks or crosswalks? Where…
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Stimulus Draft Released: $30B for Roads, $10B for Transit
Via the Huffington Post with analysis on Greater Greater Washington (part of the Streetsblog network).
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All CRC, All the Time
Lots of Columbia River Crossing stuff today: A front-page article in yesterday’s O asks whether the CRC is sustainable, or is just being painted that way. The independent critique of the greenhouse gas analysis (PDF, 196K) has been released. Fundamentally it supports the analysis in the DEIS. On the other hand, if you believe the…
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Know Your Rights
Pedestrian Rights Clinics Have you been waiting to attend a Pedestrian Rights Clinic? The next two clinics are scheduled for January 22 & Feburary 2. Do you like to walk, but feel ignored by cars? The WPC invites you to learn about your rights as a pedestrian. Did you know that pedestrians have the right…