Month: February 2009

  • Bragdon Takes Oregonian to Task on CRC

    In a letter-to-the-editor (“Bridge analysis goes in a circle”) published online today, Metro Council President David Bragdon disputes the Oregonian editorial position on the Columbia River Crossing on several points: That all the critics are extremists: But in dismissing that extreme, you have overlooked thoughtful and constructive questions from rational people who are supportive of…

  • How Smart Can a Truck Get?

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robert DeKoning, President and CEO, Routeware, Inc. Topic: 21st Century Smart Truck and Smart Back Office Technologies When: Friday, February 6, 2009. 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Let Google Hail You a Cab

    Passed on by a reader, here’s a Google Maps mashup that will find you a taxi company and estimate the fare for your trip. Portland is one of a couple of dozen supported cities.

  • League of Women Voters Presentation on Peak Oil

    League of Women Voters Presentation on Peak Oil –2/10 Public Invited at 7pm on February 10th John Kaufmann, Senior Policy Analyst with the Oregon Department of Energy’s Conservation Division, will discuss “peak oil” on February 10th at 7pm. The event will be held in the Board Room of the Multnomah County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne…