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Cost of Cycling
There’s an interesting post over at CommissionerSam.com guest written by Paul Smith, the new head of the planning section in PDOT. He talks about the gripe of some drivers about “all the money that goes to cyclists”. Paul then goes on to look at the actual portion of the PDOT budget focused on cycling, and…
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A Different Kind of Congestion
Yesterday was a big travel day: from home to Wilsonville, back up to Hayden Island for the Columbia Crossing Open House and then to the Lloyd District for a economic development presentation. All accomplished by bike and bike-on-transit. But not without some challenges. Catching the #96 down to Wilsonville, three of us wheeled up our…
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Sellwood Briefing on Monday
Public invited to Sellwood Bridge briefing A major planning effort for the Sellwood Bridge will be explained to the public on Monday, April 17 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Portland French School, 6318 SW Corbett Avenue. Multnomah County has secured funds to begin planning work for a long-term solution to the serious…
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Criminally Slow?
Hat tip to Craig Bollen for passing this along from Yahoo News. I also caught a short version on the KOIN news last night. Woman, 82, Gets Ticket for Slow Crossing LOS ANGELES – An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling…
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Fare Follies
Once again my obsession with reading the “web only” murmurs in Willamette Week turns up a transportation article, this time about my favorite system, Portland Streetcar. The fare collection activity is in part a response to the coverage in the Trib a few weeks back. So here’s the challenge: most of the Streetcar line is…