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How Would ODOT Pay for the CRC?
The Columbia River Crossing was front page news in Salem last week (more on that later), which begs the question, if Oregon goes ahead on its own, how would the bill get paid? The first installment is the $450M that the legislature committed last year. They’d have to repeat that commitment, as it expired when…
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What’s Car Sharing Doing to Auto Sales?
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KBOO Bike Show: Budgets
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.1MB) Steph talks with Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick, PBOT Director Leah Treat and Bicycle Transportation Alliance Advocacy Directory Gerik Kransky about City and State budgets for active transportation. And Commissioner Novick gets schooled on “Vision Zero”.
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I’m a Proud CTU
Via @LitmanVPI: That would be a Cycle-Transit User, someone who combines cycling and transit to accomplish a trip. A new study out of the Mineta Transportation Institute (PDF) looks at this behavior in Philadelphia and San Francisco. A few top line conclusions: Cycling and transit act as access for each other, it’s not a one-way relationship…
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Here We Go Again
Back in 2008, I was part of the stakeholder committee for “Safe, Sound and Green” – an attempt to generate additional revenue for PBOT. It was partially successful, helping push a statewide gas tax increase forward. But that slug of revenue turned out to be less than expected due to countervailing trends. And Portland dedicated…