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Transportation Blogger Coming to Town
From Metro: Dear MPAC, JPACT and TPAC Members, Alternates and Interested Parties: Please join Council President David Bragdon in welcoming Jarrett Walker to Metro for a brown bag presentation focused on transportation planning options. Jarrett Walker is a transit planning consultant and the author of the popular transit weblog humantransit.org. What: Jarrett Walker Brown Bag…
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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling in Italy, Bikes and Sewers
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Elle Thalheimer (Lonely Planet Cycling in Italy) and Daniel Sharp discuss cycling in Italy and the Giro d’Italia. Evan Ross and Alex Phillips talk about summer recreational riding in Portland and Oregon. Mark Lear and Catherine Ciarlo from the City of Portland and Sarah Mirk of the Mercury overview…
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What if the CRC Thought REALLY Big?
A reader passes along this suggestion that we could emulate Turkey and build a tunnel all the way under downtown Portland into Vancouver.
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The $100K Pin to Prick a $100M Balloon
It may be the best $100,000 the City of Portland has ever spent. Mayor Adams commissioned URS to take a second look at the Columbia River Crossing project data. There full report is due imminently (I’m trying to get an electronic copy) but a summary memo has been circulating for the last week or so…
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How Does Tim Levitt Really Feel About Tolls on the CRC?
Hard to tell from this TV performance (via the Oregonian commuter blog) from the Vancouver Mayor. I think he opposes them but believes they are inevitable, and after he loses the fight, it won’t be his fault that someone else votes them in. Apparently that passes for leadership on this sorry project.