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Metro Survey on Active Transportation
Earlier this year Metro launched an interesting approach to public input in the form of their “Opt In Panel” program, an opportunity to voluntarily register to take surveys on topics of interest/action by the Metro Council. The current survey is on Active Transportation. If you haven’t already joined the program, this might be your moment.
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Better Trips, Transformational Leadership
There was a flurry of news on Friday, describing TriMet’s new multi-modal trip planner. There is no question the planner is very cool. The ability to integrate bike and transit trip planning, better pedestrian routing to transit stops, and a myriad a bells and whistles (check out the ‘bike triangle’!) are a great step forward.…
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Tolling Tech
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Christopher Garlick (Atkins North America) Topic: Gasless and Cashless Take a Toll: Sustainable and Non-Stop Mobility through User Fees When: Friday, October 14, 2011, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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Reactions to Bicycle Planning: Beyond the Backlash
I missed the post on Streetsblog when this first came out (thanks to @groxie for tweeting it and catching my attention). A group of students at Hunter College produced a report: “Beyond the Backlash: Equity and Participation in Bicycle Planning” (PDF, 10.6M). The report resonates quite a bit with issues here in Portland: Better infrastructure…
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KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales