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Return of the LUFO
The next public vote on the Columbia River Crossing will occur on April 12th at Metro. Metro will take up an amendment to their Land Use Final Order (LUFO) required because of the appeal filed by project opponents. The LUFO, you may recall, is the magical bit of authority the Legislature gave to Metro that…
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KBOO Bike Show: Professional Drivers
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.7MB) Interviewing professional drivers, including Ralph Kerbs from TriMet; Jackson Cafazzo who drives a taxi for Radio Cab; and Zach Wiley who drives a truck for the US Postal Service.
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Bike Walk Vote candidate meet-up event Wed. night
Bike Walk Vote, a local political action committee focused on active transportation, has an event coming up this Wednesday night called 4/4 Forward: Candidate Meet-Up & Campaign Kick-Off Party. The party will take place 7-9pm on April 4th at Crank Bicycles (2725 SE Ash St in Portland) and will be a chance for the public…
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Generating Some MAX Savings
During our discussion with TriMet GM Neil McFarlane, posted last week, one of the ideas discussed was whether operational savings could be generated by closing some MAX stops. We were challenged to generate some ideas here. So here it goes. What MAX stops would you close in the interests of improving travel time and reducing…
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Where the Cars Are
car2go launched in Portland officially this past weekend. I had the chance to go for a test drive this week with CEO Nicholas Cole. I won’t go into the system details, because Jonathan Maus and Dave Brook have both done excellent write-ups already. The signal feature of the system is one-way, reservationless trips. As I…