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A Fascinating Map
This map has been tweeted at me from many directions today. You select an area and it will show you what mode: walking, biking, transit, driving; will get you to which parts of the City fastest. You only have to click on an area in the inner NE or SE to see why cycling is…
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Hack on the Transit Appliance Next Week
Last week I mentioned that TriMet had released a set of upgraded APIs. Now it looks like I’ll get a chance to play with them – and I hope you’ll join me! I’ve been asked to lead a session on the new APIs at next week’s TriMet Hackathon. Skip Newberry, President of the Technology Association…
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Hail Mary Pass to Save the Highway Trust Fund
T4America supports an effort in the Senate for a twelve-cent increase in the Federal gas tax.
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TriMet APIs Keep Getting Better
TriMet is holding their second developer event, a hackathon, in conjunction with the Open Source Bridge conference in a couple of weeks. Today, in preparation for the hackathon, TriMet released version 2 of their arrivals API, including information on detours, delayed vehicles and even experimental features like how heavily loaded a bus is… The also…
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The Longer You Car Share, The Less You Car Share
This article looks at car sharing, attempting to figure out how many cars are removed from our streets, and what the impact on VMT is. The consensus is 9-13 cars per sharing vehicle (compared to claims of up to 32 cars). But the really interesting finding is that there is substantial VMT reduction even though…