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Graphical Advocacy
What’s the single highest capacity road lane in the country? The Lincoln Tunnel bus lane during morning commute in New York City. This clip by Streetfilms advocating for more dedicated transit capacity in NYC’s tunnels is a terrific example of using (mostly) animation coupled with some video as an advocacy tool. Anyone out there have…
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“NO CRC” Ride Pedals Through N/NE Portland
To chants of “12 Lanes – Insane!” I rode with 60 or so other cyclists today on a “No CRC” (Columbia River Crossing) ride as part of Pedalpalooza, the annual bike festival. The ride was a co-production of local cyclists and Rising Tide, a national climate change activism group. Full set of photos after the…
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AARP Advocates for Complete Streets
They’ve woken up to the fact that as we get older, fewer of us are going to be drivers: Despite the goal to be inclusive, an inventory conducted for this study found that less than one-third of the 80 state and local Complete Streets policies explicitly address the needs of older road users. An online…
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Portland Transit Riders Union to Protest TriMet Service Cuts
A group calling themselves the Transit Riders Union has organized a protest for 5pm today at Pioneer Courthouse Square. More information on the group here.
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Alarm Bells Going Off Over Auto-Centric State Transportation Package
BTA (which cancelled its ride to Salem in support of the package), 1000 Friends and others have sent out alerts today about HB 2001, the Governor’s transportation package. From the 1000 Friends alert: Unfortunately, the transportation package, House Bill 2001, that recently emerged from behind closed doors has lost its balance – it has become…