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The Explosion of Vehicle Sharing Options
I’m now a member of three car-sharing systems. Not that I use any of them very often. We’re a one-car household, but generally I can arrange most of my must-use-an auto trips so that I can borrow my partner’s hybrid (and she is very clear it’s HERS). But maybe a dozen times a year, I…
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Car Sharing Trends
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2012 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Steve Gutmann (Getaround) Topic: Car Sharing Trends Abstract: http://www.cts.pdx.edu/abstracts/gutmann_abstract.php When: Friday, March 9, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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KBOO Bike Show: Immigrants and Refugees
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) We talk with staff from El Programa Hispano, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), and Portland’s Safe Routes to School program about walking and biking to school for our neighbors, particularly immigrants and refugees.
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KBOO Bike Show Special: Mayoral Candidates Max Brumm and Sam Belisle
Listen to the show (mp3, 23.3MB) The Bike Show’s coverage of the 2012 Mayoral race continues with a special edition featuring candidates Max Brumm and Sam Belisle.
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Future prospects for BRT in Portland
This past evening in the Twitterverse, I had a discussion with several fine folks, including Michael Andersen, intersection 911, and our very own Al M, on the future prospects for major capital improvements in the bus system, up to and including BRT. (Planned purchases of replacement busses, tardy as they are, are excluded). An oft-held…