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Easier To Love A Streetcar Than A Light Rail
What’s in a name? Well, maybe not much in Shakespeare’s time, but in our present-day society of perception-beats-reality, word association means quite a bit. This article, relayed via Planetizen, discusses this concept with respect to rail-based transportation: Streetcar vs. Light Rail “It bugs me that such an awkward, engineering-specific term – light rail – has…
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Where to go with Bus Technology
A number of things have been happening with the development of bus transit technology available in the United States in the past decade. We’ve seen: Widespread deployment of Diesel-electric hybrid buses in cities such as New York and Seattle British-style double-decker buses on the Las Vegas Strip and now being evaluated in San Francisco Special…
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KBOO Bike Show: Women for Bikes
Listen to the show (mp3, 22.5M) The KBOO studios just might catch fire with all the powerhouses on air for this month’s KBOO Bike Show featuring the Women for Bikes program. Guests include Alison Hill-Graves from the Community Cycling Center, Janis McDonald from the City of Portland and Barb Grover from the Bike Gallery.
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MAX Times 2
Can you say “tipping point”? Both the Oregonian and the Trib have articles on safety on MAX today, and Fred Hansen is quoted as saying he will speak to the future of Fareless Square during his City Club appearance next week.
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Women for Bikes
The KBOO studios just might catch fire with all the powerhouses on air for this month’s KBOO Bike Show featuring the Women for Bikes program. Guests include Alison Hill-Graves from the Community Cycling Center, Janis McDonald from the City of Portland and Barb Grover from the Bike Gallery. 9-10AM, Wednesday, December 5th KBOO FM 90.7…