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$280 Million for Streetcars Nationally, Found Under Couch Cushions
Via Congressman Blumenaur’s Office: Secretary LaHood announced today that the FTA will make $280M available for competitive grants for urban circulator’s (they don’t have to be Streetcars, but…) as part of the administrations urban livability initiative. A big chunk of the money is previously allocated transit dollars the Bush Administrative never spent. I wouldn’t be…
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Are Those Bike Boxes Working?
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jennifer Dill and Chris Monsere, PSU Topic: Initial Assessment of Portland’s Green Bike Boxes When: Friday, Dec 4, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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Coming up on the KBOO Bike Show: Cycling in 2030
This month’s show takes stock of cycling in Portland and looks at the Bicycle Plan for 2030. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, December 2nd KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Local Streetcar Manufacturing At the Table for Obama Job Summit
Chandra Brown of United Streetcar (a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works) is one of 100 business people who will be at President Obama’s December jobs summit. Here’s the press release from Congressman Blumenaur: Blumenauer Announces United Streetcar President Chandra Brown to Join President Obama at Jobs Summit Portland, OR -Congressman Blumenauer (D-Ore) announced today that,…
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Funding Bikes Through Transit
Last week, in a post about bike funding, I alluded to a proposal to allow more bike facilities to be funded as part of transit projects. Now Congressman Blumenaur’s office is urging advocates to comment on the proposal: Dear Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Friends and Colleagues, As Jonathan Maus posted in the Nov. 16 edition…