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Reactions to Bicycle Planning: Beyond the Backlash
I missed the post on Streetsblog when this first came out (thanks to @groxie for tweeting it and catching my attention). A group of students at Hunter College produced a report: “Beyond the Backlash: Equity and Participation in Bicycle Planning” (PDF, 10.6M). The report resonates quite a bit with issues here in Portland: Better infrastructure…
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The Electric Trolleybus: a Sustainable Choice for Portland
One thing I noticed my years living in Seattle was how much that city loves to copy Portland’s innovations. Government officials were constantly taking tours of Portland and bringing back ideas, many of which have borne fruit. Seattle now has a streetcar line, for example, and has just recently decided to start working on Neighborhood…
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KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.2MB) Tori and Michelle chat with Charlie Hales about his vision for cycling in Portland and other transportation issues. BTA’s Gerik Kransky discusses bicycle funding.
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New York’s Dollar Vans: Could they work here?
On the off chance the prior post ruffles too many libertarian feathers, here’s an interesting article on New York City’s dollar vans–small vans (14 passengers) which essentially provide bus service on routes that the MTA doesn’t serve. The vans in NY are quite popular (as are the similar “public light busses” in Hong Kong, some…
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Coming up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales
If you have a question you’d like to ask Charlie you can post it to the show’s Facebook page. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, October 5th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day