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Survey shows broad support for Transit Expansion, Road Maintenance
The 2007 Growth and Transportation Survey, sponsored by the National Association of Realtors and Smart Growth America, reveals some interesting results: 75% of those polled said that improving public transportation and building communities that don’t require as much driving were better long-term solutions for reducing traffic. Only 21% said that building new roads provided the…
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Google Maps Street View now live in Portland
Google Maps’ “Street View” feature, introduced earlier in the year, allows street level views of most any address in a supported city. To do this, Google has a fleet of vehicles with roof-mounted camera arrays which survey entire cities. The end result and user interface are both amazing, and somewhat disconcerting, given various privacy concerns…
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Portland Prius Parade / Protest Post
This came over the transom this week… Unfortunately I will not be able to directly participate as our Prius will be carpooling a group of ASL students to a conference Eugene on Friday… PRIUS PARADE and Media Event to highlight TOYOTA’s lobbying against fuel efficiency in US Congress. Time: Friday October 12th, 2007 10:30am-11:30am Location:…
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Portland Streetcar Lowell Extension Celebration Photos
Updated 8-18-2007: Various YouTube video clips from the event are added at the bottom of the post. Today marks the opening of the Portland Streetcar Lowell extension in the South Waterfront district. The event was celebrated with live music, a chartered streetcar (or two) for the crowd, food/coffee, and speeches from officials including Oregon Governor…
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Tram on a Hot Summer Day
Over at CommissionerSam.com, a new post is up about the high level of ridership on the Portland Aerial Tram. Last December, in another conversation over there, a number of critics made dire predictions about the future of the Tram, not only in terms of ridership but also about hot weather. With those criticisms in mind,…