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Calling All Wonks
Scotty hit it in the open thread for this month, but I want to reinforce it – Metro is taking applications for three seats on TPAC – the “Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee”. As I suspect I’ve mentioned before, TPAC is one of the places where I got my education in transportation policy. Six citizens have…
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Designing for Health (and other good stuff)
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Andrew Dannenberg (University of Washington / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Topic: Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability When: Friday, October 7, 2011, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room…
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Coming up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales
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The Technology Keeps Getting Better
The folks at Sightline wrote it up before I could. Two new apps help us make better transportation choices: The folks at Walkscore have a tool that helps you figure out the places from which you can commute to a job in a given amount of time, billed as “Apartment Search“. Reroute.it will calculate the…
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Keeping Pace with the CRC
The lawyer phase of the Columbia River Crossing project has begun. The first hearing is at the Land Use Board of Appeals on Thursday. These appeals (there are more than one) are based on the “Land Use Final Order” under state land use law. More and different legal action will occur once the Final Environmental…