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Dutch Cycling Presentation at Metro
Presentation on Dutch use of the bicycle as transportation, at Metro – 8/29 Wednesday, August 29th Noon – 1 pm Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave., Portland Loek Hesemans is a Senior Policy Officer for The Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. His presentation, “Cycling in The Netherlands,” will explore some of the political and…
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Re-examining Nextbus
There’s been a lot of anecdotal complaints about the accuracy of the Nextbus system we use to display Streetcar arrivals. While I find it useful for the way I use the system (I walk until a Streetcar catches up to me), I set out to gather some data. So for a couple of weeks I…
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Transportation in South Waterfront
City Club’s New Leaders Council has arranged a tour of the emerging South Waterfront neighborhood. They’ve invited me along to talk about the Streetcar (don’t worry, they’ll also be someone from PDOT there who actually knows what’s going on). Here’s the notice from their web site: New Leaders Council tours South Waterfront What does it…
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Streetcar in Vancouver, USA?
One our readers, who in fact suggested the idea in a comment himself, passed along this article from the Columbian. Apparently Vancouver leaders are thinking about a Streetcar as a catalyst for their waterfront development.
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Portland Streetcar Lowell Extension Celebration Photos
Updated 8-18-2007: Various YouTube video clips from the event are added at the bottom of the post. Today marks the opening of the Portland Streetcar Lowell extension in the South Waterfront district. The event was celebrated with live music, a chartered streetcar (or two) for the crowd, food/coffee, and speeches from officials including Oregon Governor…