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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mountain Biking
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Business Journal Readers Support Light Rail Expansion
As you know, from time to time I mention online polls that the Business Journal is conducting. My experience is that their audience leans a bit to the right of the general population here in the Portland metro area. Which is why it was gratifying to see that their poll supported Light Rail on Barbur…
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Forza!
On a cycling vacation in Italy a few years ago (OK, more years than I would care to admit) I encountered the lovely cultural institution of cyclists shouting “Forza!” (pronounced “fortza”) at each other (typically from someone coming down a hill to someone heading up the hill). It translates as “fortitude” or “strength”. That was…
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The CRC Money Pit
Thursday’s O had a front page story on the $65M that has already gone into Columbia River Crossing planning, likely to rise to $100M within the next year ($30M of that coming from ODOT funds). The article goes on to look at potential cost reductions for the project given the diminishing likelihood of full funding.…
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