Category: Modes

  • Gasoline tax in Oregon

    Hi everyone, I paid a visit to the Oregon state website to see what I could discover on the gasoline tax. The Department of Revenue site has some links to “tax expenditures”, in which Chap. 3 discusses “gas, use, and jet fuel taxes”. P. 301 gives these figures: — current state tax rate $0.24/gallon, federal…

  • Eugene EmX in Action

    From the New Flyer website, we find a video highlighting the EmX route in Eugene – which uses New Flyer’s low-floor articulated model – as well as a brochure page touting the advantages of bus rapid transit. Eugene’s application of BRT includes dedicated lanes, large station platforms, and as mentioned is a low-floor bus that…

  • Van versus Plane

    As noted in the Portland Business Journal, Shuttle Express is going to try to give Horizon Air a run for their money on the Portland-Seattle route: Shuttle Express will use six passenger “luxury vans” for the service. The vans include leather captain chairs, Wi-Fi service, DVD/CD/TV monitors and coffee service. $180 for a roundtrip.

  • KBOO Bike Show: Ring in the New Year

    Listen to the show (mp3, 36M) Ring in the new year with the KBOO Bike Show and get the year started on a bikey note. Carl Larson and Ayleen Crotty are hosting a bike music party in the KBOO studios with the Trash Mountain Boys (bike rock) and DJ Crow (fresh bike cuts) live on…

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Bikey New Year

    We celebrate the new year with the Trash Mountain Boys live in the studio. We’ll also be asking for your new year bikey resolutions and hopes for a great bike town. 9-10AM, Wednesday, January 2nd KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day