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Rental Bikes vs. Advertising
The City of Portland has been exploring the idea of a rental bike system along the lines of those found in may European cities (see the excellent coverage at BikePortland.org). In Saturday’s O, Anna Griffin explores the funding implications. In Europe, the programs typically include a lot of display advertising which helps underwrite the costs.…
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Cost of Congestion Goes Statewide
The Portland Business Alliance and Oregon Business Council have release a statewide version of the Cost of Congestion study. I haven’t found an online version yet, but according to the coverage (DJC, Trib, O), the pitch is for $350M from the legislature this session (presumably that’s just the beginning) to help fund projects that would…
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CRC Alternatives in the Trib
Friday’s Trib notes that the task force committee working on a “mid-range” alternative for the Columbia River Crossing will wrap up its work today on a supplemental bridge proposal. A more exciting idea in the same issue is Jim Howell’s opinion piece that High Capacity Transit (read Light Rail) could shoulder much of the capacity…
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Hybrid Heaven
Courtesy of Richard “Creative Class” Florida, it’s official: Metropolitan areas where hybrids are most popular Rank Metropolitan Area Hybrids per 1000 Households* Portland, OR 11.19 San Francisco, CA 8.76 Monterey, CA 6.83 Santa Barbara, CA 6.08 Los Angeles 5.60 Bend, OR 5.35 Washington, DC 5.06 San Diego 5.00 Charlottesville, VA 4.87 Eugene 4.64 Seattle 4.26…
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Making Friends