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How Walkable is Your Neighborhood?
There’s an interesting new Google Maps Mashup called Walk Score that looks at how far it is from any given address to key services like a grocery store, drugstore, schools, parks, etc. and computes a walkability score. Mine was 95 out of 100 :-) Note that the site has had some problems with heavy traffic…
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Rapid Streetcar
A quick shout out to a post over at “The Overhead Wire” blog that talks about the topic of rapid streetcar. It posits that Streetcars with greater stop spacing could serve as more cost effective alternatives to Light Rail, and references the proposed Lake Oswego line as an example. [Bob, if you dig through the…
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Streetcars and Bicycles, a Learning Experience
When we built the first Streetcar alignment, we ran into a conflict with the bike lane on NW Lovejoy. The design solution at that time was to create a path for bikes through the platform area. I didn’t work very well, on two counts: Pedestrians waiting for the Streetcar tend not to recognize that they’re…
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Preparing to Cross
Portland Streetcar will be shortlined this weekend from Friday evening until Monday morning as the new Mall LRT line installs the crossings between Market and Mill. More photos after the break…
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KBOO Bike Show: Riding Fast
Listen to the show (mp3, 13.1M) Hosts Tori and Ayleen will interview bike racers to discuss the sportier side of bike culture. Is Lycra really necessary? What’s the attraction to riding fast?