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NOW is the Time to Pay Attention to the SW Corridor
The “purpose and need” statement for the SW Corridor project is now out for review. This is perhaps one of the most critical documents in the history of the project. The purpose and need statement becomes the yardstick for all future decisions in the project. Arguably a flawed purpose and need statement is what allowed…
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Open Thread for the week of November 17-23, 2013
What’s on your mind?
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Updated Again: Sharpening Our Game on Bicycle Advocacy
Updated 11/14/13: BTA may be squirming a bit on their infographic, but the advocacy continues – they’re holding an Advocacy 101 training on November 19 (5:30pm), pizza by Old Town Pizza. Updated 11/13/13: BTA has updated the graphic with revised numbers. You can see the new graphic and the explanation of the changes at their…
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Open Thread for week of November 10-16, 2013
Stuff in the news: Metro approves $68M in active transportation/freight funds. Metro also claims that the region can meet state emission standards, while noting a disconnect between plans on the books, and the current political realities. Joseph Rose questions a recent survey ranking Portland’s traffic as eighth worst in the nation. Sightline Institute blogger Clark…
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KBOO Bike Show: Ethicist
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.8MB) Michelle and Tori talk with Randy Cohen, formerly “The Ethicist” columnist for the New York Times, now host of “Person Place Thing“. They discuss the ethics of everything from paying your transit fare, to who gets the last bike share bike at a station, to whether it’s ethical (if not…