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TriMet Lays Out Fareless Square, Cuts Strategy
Frequent commenter Jason McHuff left this over on the open thread: –Fareless Square Change Proposed: limiting it to rail only, with Green and Yellow Line replacing free bus service on the mall –Bus Frequency Reductions Proposed (details): Many main lines go from every 15 minutes to every 17 minutes Open Houses/Public Hearings regarding those July…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Bicycle Justice
Sara and Elly host a conversation about bicycle justice, with lawyer Bob Mionske, author of Cycling and the Law and social worker Meghan Sinnott. Mionske will discuss the biases against bicycling inherent in law enforcement, the court system and the written law. Sinnott will talk about barriers in both mobility and justice for society’s neediest.…
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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…