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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 :-)
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Updated: Help Vision Portland’s Streetcar Future
Update: The workshop is tomorrow! RSVP today if you haven’t already… Update: Venue changed – now at the PSU Smith Center Get on board and join Commissioner Sam Adams for a brainstorming session to discuss the future of streetcars in Portland. In addition to learning more about the current and future plans for streetcar corridors,…