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Walking as a Movement
From our friends at the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: TALKING ABOUT A GROWING MOVEMENT FOR WALKING . . . Local Pedestrian Advocacy Group Presents on Feet as Traffic PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 5, 2010 – Next Tuesday evening 7:30-9:00pm at Full Life Café, Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) will host a presentation and discussion called “On Walking: Growing…
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Feast with AORTA
From our good friends at the Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates: AORTA 2010 Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Saturday, November 6 Doors open 11:30 AM Luncheon Served 12:15 PM Note: Advance payment by mail is necessary to reserve your space. Please see instructions below. Location: Jake’s Grill at the Governor Hotel 611 SW…
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A Recommendation That Should Not Be Overlooked
Scotty has already reported on the release of the TriMet Safety Task Force report. I’d like to highlight one of the recommendations that has not gotten a lot of coverage: 4. Community advisory committee TriMet cannot achieve the highest levels of safety performance without engaging the entire community. The task force heard from operators that…
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TriMet and the Trust Gap, Part 2
Tuesday morning’s article, Under New Management: TriMet and the Trust Gap, sparked a lot of discussion–so much so that a followup article is in order. While it would be foolish to pretend that portlandtransport.com’s readers are representative sample of the wider community–the contributors here are self-selected for an interest in transit, whether pro or con–quite…
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Rail~Volution Seeks Volunteers
Care to help Portland put a good face forward to attendees at this year’s Rail~Volution conference? Here’s how: Volunteer Opportunity! At RAIL~VOLUTION 2010 — October 17-21, 2010 This year, Rail~Volution comes to Portland, Oregon. This is a conference for passionate practitioners–people from more than 300 U.S. communities who believe in the role of land use…