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We’re Among the Top 10 Safest Cities
But we can do better! The following is from the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition: FOR RELEASE MONDAY, NOV. 9, 2009 CONTACT: Stephanie Routh Willamette Pedestrian Coalition steph@wpcwalks.org Portland ranked 44 in Nation for Preventable Pedestrian Deaths, Report Shows Willamette Pedestrian Coalition Urges Members of Congress to Support Increased Focus on Pedestrian Safety in Upcoming Federal Legislation…
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Planning Commission to Make Recommendation on Bicycle Master Plan
Wearing my Planning Commissioner hat, I blogged about land use connections and build-out strategies for the plan.
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High Speed Rail Panel in Eugene this Weekend
Thanks to the alert reader who forwarded this on: Straub Hall (behind the Erb Memorial Student Union), Room 146 – Session III, Saturday, November 7th, 3:00pm to 4:15pm The transportation network in the United States consists of a 20th Century system in a 21st century world. The costs of congestion hamper our economic development, our…
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KBOO Bike Show: Community Resources
Listen to the show (mp3, 28.2MB) Elly and Sara talk with members of the Bike Temple and Bike Farm, two Portland-based community resource centers on a mission to support your spiritual and earthly bike needs. [Editor’s note: I have replaced the audio file with a different version with less hiss – apologies for the poor…
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How Frequent is Frequent?
A piece at Human Transit underscores the question: if TriMet drops frequency on it’s “Frequent Service” routes to 17 minutes (the standard TriMet had defined was 15 minutes) are they still frequent?