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Another Voice on Fixing the CRC
PSU Urban Planning expert (and former Planning Commission President) Ethan Seltzer suggests some ways to collectively think our way out of the current Columbia River Crossing mess.
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WeAllRideTheBus and reform at TriMet
One of the interesting developments of the past few weeks is that the organizational efforts of OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon seem to be bearing fruit. TriMet’s recent scaled-back service cuts seem to take many of OPAL’s concerns into account (notwithstanding the warning that additional cuts may be back on the table if labor negotiations don’t…
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Your Questions for Neil, Round 3, Part 4 – Potpourri
In the final segment of our conversation with TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane, we discuss a range of issues, from regenerative braking to electronic fares. A transcript of the interview, prepared by Engineer Scotty, follows the jump.
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Shoup Weighs in on NW Parking Plan
A few years before starting this blog in 2005 I channeled my wonkery hours into serving as the lead neighborhood representative in trying to develop a parking plan for NW Portland. I still have the scars from when that effort crashed and burned. At the time I predicted that we had poisoned the well for…
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Your Questions for Neil, Round 3, Part 3 – PMLR
In the third segment (of four) of our conversation with TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane, we discuss the Portland-to-Milwaukie Light Rail project. A transcript of the interview, prepared by Engineer Scotty, follows the jump.