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Shoup Weighs in on Portland Parking
International parking thought leader Donald Shoup (“The High Cost of Free Parking“) has offered some thoughts on Portland’s debate about apartment buildings with no off-site parking in an op-ed in the Oregonian. Shoup’s ideas are always thought-provoking, but his suggestions here get at a key distinction: car ownership and storage versus car use. Portland’s existing…
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KBOO Bike Show: Bike Portland
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Steph interviews Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org. Publisher? Journalist? Blogger? Advocate? Or “just a guy” with a media empire…
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Car Sharing Going Mainstream?
Avis just bought Zipcar. If the major car rental companies feel like they need a car-sharing presence (Hertz and Enterprise already have one), does this signal a shift in how car sharing is perceived?
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You Get What You Measure
The indefatigable Todd Litman has a guest piece on Planetizen reviewing the many ways we can measure the performance of our transportation systems. This discussion is an excellent prelude for developing performance measures for Portland’s update to our Comprehensive Plan, in which I hope we will find a much better measure than “LOS” (Level of…