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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”.
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Afghanistan Saves TriMet?
Via Planetizen: Apparently the must-pass defense funding bill will include a provision allowing transit agencies to apply 10% of their stimulus funding to operations. Can this stave off the November service cuts TriMet is beginning to plan?