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First Time I was Hoping to See a Fare Inspector
So I could show off my iPhone ticket. This morning I became a beta tester for the Globe Sherpa app. I haven’t used all the bells and whistles yet, but the core functionality is pretty straightforward. I purchased four 2-hour tickets with my credit card. The app ‘stores’ these for me. I then ‘used’ one…
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U.S. PIRG Report Documents Decline in Driving
The report indicates two major demographic trends: Baby Boomers are “aging out” of driving, while Millenials are adopting it at much lower rates. The report also makes policy recommendations (review large highway projects) in response to the trends. A NYTimes article today includes coverage of the report.
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How Do We Get an Antifragile Transit System?
It would appear that the failure of a single surge protector effectively disrupted most MAX trips during the morning rush hour yesterday. That would seem to be the definition of “fragile” – a small failure has a non-linear (and much amplified) effect on the whole system. I could draw a similar analogy with a car…
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Oregon Iron Works Responds
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KBOO Bike Show: Moms on Bikes