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Half of Regional Flexible Funds Go to Bike/Ped Projects
Fantastic news! Get the details over at the BTA Blog. Congratulations and thanks to TPAC and JPACT!
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Stimulating Portland Sidewalks
Reported in this morning’s O, the $101M in stimulus spending approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission yesterday includes about $2M for filling sidewalk gaps and improving curb ramps on streets like 82nd Ave and Barbur Blvd. But the overall package still heavily favors roads. Given that this is a unique opportunity for ODOT to spend…
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Bookshelf: Pedaling Revolution
Update: 3/18/09 Jeff will be giving a reading Thursday evening (3/19/09) at 7pm 7:30pm at Powells downtown. Hope to see you there! Original Post: 1/19/09 I was fortunate to be able to wheedle a review copy of the forthcoming book: “Pedaling Revolution” from the publisher (by invoking the undying interest of you, my loyal readers).…
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Bikes and Transit
The relationship between bikes and transit has been much on my mind of late. Last week we heard the news that TriMet would invest $1M to upgrade existing bicycle parking and provide 250 new parking spaces at Light Rail stations and transit centers. And Thursday, our friends in Portland’s Transportation Options group are hosting a…
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Streetcar Loop Moves Another Notch Forward
The Omnibus spending bill that President Obama signed into law earlier this week (to keep the government from shutting down) included a $45M appropriation for the Streetcar Loop project. This is the first installment on $75M of ‘Small Starts’ funding for the program (the balance expected to be appropriated next fiscal year). But… we’re not…