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The Story Told by the Blinking Hand
Joe Rose penned an interesting Q&A yesterday that takes up one of my favorite topics: the Flashing Don’t Walk (FDW) phase. While he caricatures the consequences of the widespread non-compliance with the FDW indication just a wee bit—it may cause motorists (gasp!) delays, and in extreme circumstances may even cause (gasp! recoil!) cycle failures, where…
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TriMet Unveils All-Electric Test Bus
TriMet held a press event today to unveil an all-electric bus. The bus is on loan to the agency by the manufacturer, BYD Motors, for testing and demonstration purposes for the next two weeks. I attended the event today, took a short demo ride, and interviewed TriMet and BYD representatives for this video. The bus…
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KBOO Bike Show: Writers
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.4MB) Tori and new hosts Jocelyn Gaudi and Christopher DeLaney talk with three cycling authors to discuss their books and their writing: Ellee Thalheimer – Cycling Sojourner: Washington Evan Schneider – Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac Christine Bruce – This Road Continues One Block North
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A Primer on Trip Generation
As a key factor in determining rates for Portland’s proposed street utility fee, the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE, henceforth) Trip Generation Manual has gotten a lot of love lately among local transportation wonks. It is worthwhile, then, to take a quick trip through the weeds of the manual to better understand where the opportunities…
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Streetcar Loop Milestone
It might be masked a bit by Rose Festival, but Portland Streetcar hit an important milestone today! The “CL” line (the “loop” to the east side) is now running at the same headways as the “NS” line on the west side (about 4 minute shorter headways at peak service). The important benefit of matching the…