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Minneapolis
Our first thoughts of course are for the victims of the I-35 Bridge collapse, and for their families and loved ones. The natural second thought is “could it happen here?” Local officials are rushing to tell the media that, no, it can’t, but given that we don’t know why the bridge failed, it’s hard to…
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KBOO Bike Show: Low-Car-Diet
Listen to the show (mp3, 13.0M) Carl and Ayleen interview Portlanders who gave up driving for the month of July as part of the Low-Car-Diet Challenge. Hear how bikes fit into their transportation mix. Chris Smith will discuss transportation aspects of the upcoming Project Homeless Connect, along with volunteer opportunities.
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Citizens at Work
I couldn’t resist. Here are photos from Saturday’s Streetcar Workshop. See if you can spot the Portland Transport regulars. Thanks to PDOT staff for the photos!
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Seventy “Citizen Planners” Plot Streetcar Future
On Saturday morning, seventy community members spent three hours at PSU brainstorming potential future corridors as an informal kick-off to the City-wide rail plan process that will formally launch in September. A few common themes emerged: Heading north on MLK or Williams/Vancouver to Alberta or Killingsworth Heading east on Hawthorne, Division or Woodstock, ultimately connecting…
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900:10 Opportunity
Factoid from today’s regional Streetcar conference. Prague in the Czech Republic with a regional population of about 1.9M has a Streetcar fleet of 900 vehicles. Portland, with its regional population of 2.1M has 10 cars in its fleet. Room for growth :-)