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Young People Driving Less
We’ve talked about this phenomenon before, but last week, while I was busy with other distractions (like the City budget), the Frontier Group released a report documenting the trends. Sightline has already done a thorough story, so I’ll direct you there.
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TriMet REALLY announces news regarding Type 5 MAX train
No April Fools this time, just news that TriMet has proposed a resolution for the Board of Directors, to authorize a procurement of new Type 5 LRT vehicles, from Siemens. And no, they won’t really consist of 40′ busses tethered to flatbed railcars, as cool as that might sound. :) Siemens, who manufactures the Type…
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Improving service to Swan Island?
Longtime and frequent commenter Lenny Anderson pens an op-ed in the Oregonian on how riders can improve transit service. (Hint: Find more riders). Which brings me to a few thoughts on how best to serve Swan Island. A big problem with serving it is that it’s essentially a dead end. More accurately, it’s two dead…
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My Advice to TriMet
I was asked by the Portland Tribune to provide perspective on TriMet’s current situation, as were a number of other people and organizations in the community and they all run in today’s paper on the opinion page. Here’s what I shared (the title I submitted was “Four prescriptions for a sustainable TriMet”): TriMet finds itself…
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Are You Walking to Work Tomorrow?
It’s National Walk to Work Day, part of Oregon Health Week. Details from the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: Portland Celebrates a Healthy Economy with Walk to Work Day Portland, Ore. – As part of Oregon Public Health Week, the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition and partners invite the walkers and workers of Portland to meet at one of…