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Think Global, Act Local
I happened to be headed to City Hall for an unrelated meeting today when I came across the rally to encourage the City to unload it’s financial holdings in Walmart. Well, here’s a disinvestment campaign that’s a little more in line with this site’s point of view. The ‘350’ movement (trying to limit CO2 concentrations…
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To Cross, or Not to Cross…
PSU Transportation Seminar: Speaker: Ron Van Houten, Western Michigan University Topics: Pedestrian Safety and Culture Change When: Friday, May 16, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Summary: This session will describe the process and results of a NHTSA study that showed a change in driver culture of yielding to pedestrians in crosswalks on…
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Should You Be Allowed to Auction the Parking Space You’re Leaving?
Via Planetizen: MonkeyParking is a new app that lets you take bids on the on-street parking space you’re about to pull out of. The San Francisco City Attorney is investigating whether it’s legal to make a profit off a public space. I love innovation, but when I read something like this it makes me a…
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KBOO Bike Show: Aftermass
Listen to the show (mp3, 16.8MB) Tori, Alon and new host Jocelyn Gaudi speak with Joe Biel and Sara Stout, discussing bicycle advocacy and bike fun in the context of the Critical Mass movement. Joe’s documentary “Aftermass” about Critical Mass in Portland (and its demise) will screen in Portland on May 23rd.
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Shaping Up the Southwest Corridor DEIS
The project staff have released their recommendations for what should and shouldn’t be studied in the DEIS (PDF, 17M).