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What We’re Going to See on the Road
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Summer 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Geoff Rose, Institute of Transport Studies, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne Australia. Topic: Emerging types of private vehicles and their implications for road system management When: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: ITS Lab (Room 315 in the…
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Biggest First LRT
Phoenix has opened it’s first light rail line (at 22 miles the longest initial segment in any American city) to rave reviews. Streetfilms has the visuals.
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A Good Time Was Had By All
Transportation Planner, Activist, Chanteuse and sometimes Portland Transport contributor Ellen Vanderslice performing at Arbor Lodge Park as part of Sunday Parkways 2009 The Good Kind of Congestion Fun for All Ages Since the weather forecast suggested showers might show in the early afternoon, my partner and I headed out early to the first Sunday Parkways…
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Transit Equity Coming?
Congressman (and Transportation Chair) Jim Oberstar will release a white paper on Thursday outlining his plan for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. One issue that many transit advocates are hoping for is ‘transit equity’, the idea that the disparity between Federal match for highways (80-90%) and match for transit projects (50-60%, usually 50%) might…
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Best Buy to Sell Electric Motorcycles
According to the Business Journal Best Buy will be selling Brammo electric motorcycles, which the publication labels as an “e-bike”.