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Is Portland Planning for Failure or Success?
Garlynn Woodsong is a planner and a frequent commenter from Portland Transport’s early days. He lives in the Alberta Arts District and is involved in the Land Use & Transportation committees of the Concordia Neighborhood Association and the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN). As Portland works to update its Comprehensive Plan, things seem to be…
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Valuing our Alleys
Portland’s 200-foot blocks have made us famous for being pedestrian-friendly, but they also mean that alleys are not common in Portland. Alleys can provide a lot of valuable use for access to things that we don’t necessarily want to put by our front doors – parking, dumpsters, etc. In some cities, alleys have become opportunities…
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Parklet How-to
We reported recently on Portland’s venture into parklets (repurposed on-street parking spaces). Now researchers at UCLA have released a comprehensive how-to guide (PDF, 9M), covering everything from policy to permit fees to design types!
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Could these be for More than Amazon?
Amazon is prototyping delivery lockers at 7-Eleven stores. This sounds like an interesting idea, but it seems a shame to me to only use them for Amazon. Why not let customers sign up to get all their UPS, Fedex and other deliveries at facilities like this? It would do wonders for reducting last-mile delivery VMT…
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Everything is Going 3D
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Christopher Yake, Senior TOD Project Manager, Metro Topic: TOD in 3D: How Transit Oriented is the Portland Region? Abstract: If a two-dimensional picture is worth a 1,000 words, how much more can 3D imagery convey? As part of its recently completed Strategic…