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Intended Consequences of Portland’s Restrictive Taxi Policy
While we here at Portland Transport generally stick to subjects like public transit, bicycling, and walking, the taxicab is another form of transit that can allow people the freedom to travel around at will without the burden of car ownership or the need to personally drive the car. Taxis fill an important need for those…
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KBOO Bike Show: Funding, Summit
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Steph and Tori talk with Gerik Kransky (of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance) and Chris Rall (of Transportation for America) about funding challenges at the Federal and local levels and Tara Corbin from Cycle Oregon discusses the upcoming Oregon Active Transportation Summit (April 16th and 17th in Salem).
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KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.7MB) Michelle, Tori and Steph talk with Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady. Economist Joe Cortright discusses the Columbia River Crossing.
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Eileen Brady, CRC
This Wednesday at 11:00 am we’re interviewing Eileen Brady about her candidacy for Portland Mayor; then at 11:30 am we’ll talk with Joe Cortright, a Portland economist, about the Columbia River Crossing 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, January 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Downtown Neighborhood Association Makes Case for Retaining Free Streetcar
Daniel Friedman, writing on behalf of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, has an op-ed piece in today’s Tribune, arguing to keep the Streetcar in Free Rail Zone. The core of the argument is that downtown has unique characteristics that support a unique fare structure. Here are the four main bullets: Most of the people who live…