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Vigil for Barbur Crash Victim Tonight
From Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: In cooperation with Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. and Friends of Barbur, a quiet vigil for Angela Burke and all who have lost someone close to them on the roadway will be held Monday 20 December, 2010 at 5:30 pm, tentative location near the corner of SW Barbur Boulevard and SW Hamilton at…
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Walkable Happiness
This USA Today article points to a study that suggests that people who live in walkable neighborhoods are happier: They found those in neighborhoods with higher Walk Score ratings reported being happier and healthier and more apt to volunteer, work on community projects or simply entertain friends at home.
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The Danger of Mode-Centrism
News came through this week that the Oregon Bike Summit was being re-christened as the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. Reaction in the twitterverse was critical – some suggested transit was a very different thing from biking and walking, another suggested that if the tent gets too big, “we might start eating each other’s lunch”. I…
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2010 Featured Class Presentation
Each year I like to feature one presentation from the PSU/PBOT Traffic and Transportation class. While all the presentations this year were great, Rebecca Hamilton’s objective of creating “parklets” in the parking strips on Mississippi and/or Alberta (PDF, 1.6M) struck a cord chord for me, particularly since this is not a theoretical plan, but something…