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Bus vs. light rail
An article published yesterday in the Portland Tribune directly addressed one of the more popular debates of the pro-transit crowd: buses vs. light rail. The author compares the two modes on several different aspects and assigns a winner to each category, eventually concluding with an “overall” winner. Despite the competitive overtones this is no grudge…
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KBOO Bike Show: Framebuilders
Listen to the show (mp3, 12.7M) Carl and Tori talk with local framebuilders Natalie Ramsland and Tony Pereira about building bikes in Portland and the upcoming Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show happening on November 11th.
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Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger: Interstate and Greeley
Tip of the Hat to Commissioner Sam Adams who closed the right turn from Interstate onto Greeley after the second serious car/bike crash in two weeks. Wag of the Finger to the Portland Police Bureau who declined to issue a citation or conduct an investigation despite eyewitness accounts that would suggest the possibility of erratic…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Women for Bikes
A roundtable discussion with women who advocate for cycling. 9-10AM, Wednesday, November 7th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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California Takes Microstep Toward High Speed Rail
Via Planetizen: About $15M just got allocated toward planning for an initial segment of a 700-mile high-speed rail corridor. More interesting, the idea that $10B toward the project could be on the ballot in 2008.