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Willamette Week Tracks the CRC
WWeek has two blogs posts on the Columbia River Crossing today: A conservative group in Washington is calling for an audit The project staff is now aiming for a 115 ft bridge, but the Coast Guard hasn’t signed on The drama continues…
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Oregonian Gets NW Parking Plan Facts Wrong, Continues to Root for More Cars
A new Oregonian editorial supports the Mayor’s NW Parking Plan resolution (as I do), but then gets the facts completely confused: The plan calls for up to 650 new off-site parking spaces, and Adams said agreements have been reached for the first 200. Businesses want more, and particularly covet a parking garage. A garage might…
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Apparently it is Possible to Have Too Much Parking
In zoning, we talk about “parking ratios”, how many parking spaces you’re required to build as a multiple of the number of residential units in a multi-family building. Portland’s ratios can be as low as zero if you’re near a frequent transit line. But a recent review by Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staff (PDF)…
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KBOO Bike Show: High-tech Retro
Listen to the show (mp3, 23.9MB) The Bike Show gets high-tech retro with a flashback to materials of the past that are making a splash now. In this episode we talk about wood and wool as the re-imagined, super hot, high tech materials of the future with Adam George, creator and fabricator of Bound Bikes…
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Why Bike Boxes Don’t Work (Except for Where They’re Working)
Here’s a fun little brain teaser: Where have you seen this lane configuration: