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All Aboard!
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Ostrava Boardings photoset One of the implications of the ubiquity of streetcars here in the Czech Republic is that they are more casual about their platforms. In the first photo you can a large group crowding on what is about a four-foot strip of pavement next to the center-running streetcar rails. I believe…
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First Full Day in the Czech Republic
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s First Full Day in Czech Republic photoset Today was our first full day in the Czech Republic and perhaps this is a good time to review the purpose of our trip. We (a delegation from Portland Streetcar, Inc – of which I am a board member) are here to inspect three new cars…
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Now that’s a Sidewalk
I couldn’t resist posting this. It’s a sidewalk just outside our hotel in Prague. The care to make a border around a water meter lid shows a regard for the public realm that we just don’t find in the United States. I can only dream that we could have sidewalks with this much love in…
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Audio: City Repair, Transit Analysis on Smart City
This week’s episode (MP3, 14MB) of Smart City includes a discussion with Bob New of the City Repair project about their work at intersections in Portland (and other projects). It starts about 28:20 minutes:seconds into the show. There’s also a rebuttal of Randall O’Toole’s transit nay saying at about 24:38 minutes:seconds into the show. It’s…
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Indulging My Obsession with Crosswalks
www.flickr.com portlandtransport’s Prague Crosswalks photoset Regular readers will know that I have a bit of a thing about our crosswalks (or lack thereof) in Portland and like to bring back examples from other cities that take them seriously. So here are two examples from Prague. The first is a run-of-the-mill crosswalk found at most corners…