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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza
Get ready for hot bike action! The KBOO Bike Show will interview event organizers for Pedalpalooza, the 2-week festival with over 120 free bike events. 9-10AM, Wednesday, June 6th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Finally, the Trio Cars
I had the pleasure of riding one of the new Inekon Trio cars today (Vehicle # 009) for the first time today (at least on this continent). Apparently the safety paperwork finally cleared a couple of days ago, and they’re starting to go into service. I’d like to take the opportunity to express my appreciation…
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Dispatches from the Yellow Line (Updated)
Important Note: This article has been updated with improved information. The original version of this article, posted May 24, 2007, used schedule times from the #5 bus from Spring, 2004, which was during the time period in which the Yellow Line was being constructed, and therefore slowed bus travel times along Interstate Ave. This revised…
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Portland to Host Regional Streetcar Conference
Click image for full size graphic Portland is hosting one of a series of regional conferences on Streetcars organized by Reconnecting America on Friday, July 27th. This will be the first of four such conferences, the others being in Denver, Madison and Charlotte. But even more exciting, we’re planning to hold a session on local…
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Three Line Streetcar Service
Jim Howell has an alternate notion of how to operate the Streetcar Loop. He’s paired it with a Hawthorne Bridge crossing, but I don’t know why it couldn’t work with a more southernly crossing, or indeed, before the crossing is created. If streetcars were routed over the Hawthorne Bridge and south to Harrison, as I…