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Transit Planning Practice in the Age of Transit-Oriented Development
PSU Transportation Seminar Speaker: Ian Carlton, UC Berkeley Topics: Transit Planning Practice in the Age of Transit-Oriented Development When: Friday, April 11, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Summary: Transit serves as backbone infrastructure for many regional and local visions for sustainable urban development. Also, many modern policies predicate transit funding on the…
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KBOO Bike Show: Elly Blue
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Steph and new host Alon Raab are joined by author/publisher/speaker/advocate Elly Blue. They dispel myths and discuss her new book “Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy” (she asks that you buy it from an independent bookstore), her zine and book publishing, the women’s bicycle movement and a wide range of…
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Changing the DNA of City Streets
PSU Transportation Seminar: Speaker: Peter Koonce, Portland Bureau of Transportation Topics: Introduction to the NACTO Urban Street Design – Changing the DNA of City Streets When: Friday, April 4, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Summary: In this seminar Peter will summarize his contributions to the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, a guidebook focused…
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Updated: SW Corridor Options About to be Narrowed
Update: 3/20/14 Maps of the potential alignments as well as the options proposed for elimination are now available at Metro’s web site. Original Post: 3/19/14 This article on Metro’s site talks about some of the options likely to be removed from consideration in April by the project steering committee. I mourn the tunnel from Hillsdale…