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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: On-Air Bike Party
Dear Friends in Cycling, Wow! What a banner year for cycling! The KBOO Bike Show is inviting you to come celebrate LIVE on the air with us at our New Year’s Open House. Blind Pilot, a Portland-based rock band that tours by bike, will perform live in the studios. We’re inviting people on the air…
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The Role of Streetcar
There’s an excellent post over on Intermodality laying out the difference between buses, streetcars and light rail. I’m not 100% in agreement on all the details, but I think it does a great job with the big picture and the role of streetcars.
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Finally, A Useful CRC Planning Exercise
Help plan where Light Rail would go in Vancouver: Help Design Light Rail Transit in Vancouver! We need your input about light rail in Vancouver’s downtown: •Light Rail Alignment •Station Location •Park and Ride Integration A walking tour and hands-on workshops will be held for community members who live, work or own property near the…
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TriMet’s WES Defense
In the O this morning, an op-ed by Fred Hansen.
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WES Financial Woes
In the Open Thread comments, Erik quotes from this Oregonian article about cost overruns and the messy financial entanglements between TriMet and Colorado Railcar. There’s a lot of details and history in the article — give it a read and discuss it here. Westside Express deal cost TriMet millions