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A Graphical CRC One-pager
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Pressure for “Plan B” at the CRC
I clearly missed an important meeting at the Columbia River Crossing Independent Review Panel yesterday. Metro President David Bragdon gave this testimony (PDF, 112K), with a clear call for “Plan B”: Moreover, we need an expedited process to get us to Plan B quickly, through a collaborative governance model which makes the highway divisions participants…
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What is The Next Interstate System?
What is the next infrastructure investment for the U.S. comparable to the investment in the Interstate Highway system in the 50’s and 60’s? The retrograde folks who run state highway departments have an answer straight from the 50’s: more urban freeways. (I’d laugh if it didn’t scare me so much). On the more positive side,…
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Busy Week for the CRC
Lots of Columbia River Crossing happenings this week: The Independent Review Panel (IPR) will convene for the first time, and will be met by a protest at its first meeting. PROTEST PLANNED FOR FIRST MEETING OF CRC ‘RUBBER STAMP’ PANEL (Portland, Ore.)–The Stop the CRC Coalition–a grassroots organization opposing the Columbia River Crossing Project in…
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The Rise of the eBike
I’m trying to re-arrange my schedule to get to this one… Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Geoff Rose, Director, Institute of Transport Studies and Transport Theme Leader in the Monash Sustainability Institute (bio) Topic: Emerging Implications of Electric Bicycles Abstract: A variety of types of electric bicycles…