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Thinking About Next Steps for Our Transit Equity Project
I’ve been trying to get this post done for a while, but RailVolution and working on the Transit Appliance have kept me a bit busy. I’ve also been musing over a couple of very interesting posts from Jarrett Walker at Human Transit that talk about the interaction between transit and density and the difference between…
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A Recommendation That Should Not Be Overlooked
Scotty has already reported on the release of the TriMet Safety Task Force report. I’d like to highlight one of the recommendations that has not gotten a lot of coverage: 4. Community advisory committee TriMet cannot achieve the highest levels of safety performance without engaging the entire community. The task force heard from operators that…
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Looking at Equity Nationally
Equity has been on my mind quite a bit. The Portland Plan is making equal distribution of the benefits and burdens of public services and infrastructure a major focus. And of course, our equity analysis project is intended to be a deep dive on how equitably transit service is distributed around the region. Now T4America…
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Lessons Learned from Displaying the Transit Appliance at RailVolution
Opportunistically, I brought a couple of our “Transit Appliances” (which previously had not been tested anywhere other than my home office) to RailVolution with me. TriMet was very gracious and allowed me to display one on their hospitality table. And I was fortunate enough to catch the attention of Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms, leading to…
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Spencer Boomhower: CRC Genius
At the Social Media panel today at RailVolution, it was emphasized that video is a great way to visualize and explain transportation ideas and issues that are otherwise difficult to communicate. We have no better example in our region than this video by Spencer Boomhower, laying out with stark clarity the issues around the Columbia…