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Two cities, two different visions for TV Highway
In this morning’s Oregonian (in the West Metro community news section of the paper’s print edition, which does not yet appear to be posted online), Andrew Theen and Nicole Friedman report on differing visions for Tualatin Valley Highway (OR-8), a major east-west thoroughfare connecting the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro. The highway–the route of TriMet’s…
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Predicting Pedestrians
Speaker: Patrick Singleton (CEE MS Student) Topic: Pedestrians in Regional Travel Demand Forecasting Models: State-of-the-Practice When: Friday, February 1 2013, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 _____________________________________________________________ Portland State University Winter 2013 Friday Transportation Seminar Series
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OPB Morning News All About BRT
A well-balanced discussion of how Bus Rapid Transit stacks up against Light Rail and the corridors where it is under consideration (Southwest Corridor, Powell) as well as a discussion of Eugene’s system and its planned extension. Audio (MP3) and text links.
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KBOO Bike Show: Bike Portland
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Steph interviews Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org. Publisher? Journalist? Blogger? Advocate? Or “just a guy” with a media empire…
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Car Sharing Going Mainstream?
Avis just bought Zipcar. If the major car rental companies feel like they need a car-sharing presence (Hertz and Enterprise already have one), does this signal a shift in how car sharing is perceived?