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Portland Continues Taxi Cartel
William Thompson is a research associate at Cascade Policy Institute. Imagine an industry where two companies control 75% of the market, price-competition is non-existent, and new firms are prohibited from entering. While economists refer to this as an oligopoly, taxi customers in Portland know it best as high prices and long wait times. On April…
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Pavement that Cleans the Air?
Via Slashdot: The Dutch are experimenting with concrete that neutralizes pollutants…
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KBOO Bike Show: War on Wheels?
Listen to the show (mp3, 9.3 MB) Is there a war on wheels? Is there any difference between a “crash” and an “accident?” The August KBOO Bike Show will address recent media coverage of bike-related issues in Portland. Guests Amy Ruiz, Portland Mercury News Editor, and Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org join hosts Ayleen Crotty and…
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Where Do We Put the Trucks?
A couple of years ago, PDOT went through the exercise of developing a Freight Master Plan for the City of Portland. Metro is now going through similar exercise. I testified before City Council in favor of the plan, believing that a clearly articulated system of where trucks should be for what purposes was a good…
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Know Your Bridges
Passed on by a reader, this site lets you find out the structural rating of all the bridges along a given route.