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When the Oil Runs Out…
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: David L. Goodstein, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology Topic: Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil Flier with abstract: http://www.cts.pdx.edu/Goodstein%20Flyer.pdf Speaker sponsored by the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholarship Program When:…
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Earl: CRC is a Metaphor
Speaking tonight at the Portland Spaces/City Club “Bright Lights” event, Earl Blumenauer said the the Columbia River Crossing was a metaphor for the lack of consensus for a transportation vision in our region, comparing it to “the desire for an eight-lane freeway from I-205 to Highway 26 that would turn I-205 into a parking lot…
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Watch the Stimulus Package Carefully
Friday’s O details the transportation ask from Portland and other local electeds for the stimulus package that everyone expects Congress to take up shortly. One thing to be careful of – under current rules at the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration it’s probably much easier to get road projects up and running…
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Updated: Sellwood Options Defined
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Gordon Price Back in Portland
Gordon Price will be back in Portland for his annual session with the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation Class. His presentation is open to the public: On Wednesday 11/19, Gordon Price will give a free presentation on the effective integration of transportation in high-density environments with an emphasis on land use. If you’ve seen Price speak…