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Your Questions for Neil, Round 3, Part 2 – The Labor Contract
In the second segment (of four) of our conversation with TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane, we cover the status of TriMet’s contract with ATU (Amalgamated Transit Union). A transcript of the interview, prepared by EngineerScotty, is after the jump.
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Your Questions for Neil, Round 3, Part 1
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to sit down with TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane to pose questions on behalf of Portland Transport readers. We’ll be releasing videos of this conversation in four parts, starting this evening with Part 1, focusing on TriMet’s proposed service cuts. This conversation happened on the day of the…
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In Search of a Better Parking Lot
An intriguing op-ed in the New York Times focuses on how much land is given over to parking our cars and how we might make it perform better for us.
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Anti-LRT petitions being circulated in SW Corridor cities
The Portland Tribune is reporting that groups in four cities which may be affected by the Southwest Corridor project–Tigard, King City, Tualatin, and Sherwood, have filed initiative petitions with respective city governments. (This was previously mentioned in the open thread; now petitions have been filed). The petitions, if able to collect sufficient numbers of signatures…
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KBOO Bike Show Special: Mayoral Candidates Howie Ruben, Loren Charles Brown, Shonda Colleen Kelley and Robert James Carron
Listen to the show (mp3, 23.8MB) The Bike Show’s coverage of the 2012 Mayoral race continues with a special edition featuring candidates Howie Ruben, Loren Charles Brown, Shonda Colleen Kelley and Robert James Carron.