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KBOO Bike Show: Going National
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.4MB) Michelle and Tori talk with a range of cycling leaders from around the country including: Randy Neufield, National advocate with the SRAM Cycling Fund Timothy Papandreou, Deputy Director of Transportation Planning for the Sustainable Streets Division of San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Agency Charles Gandy, Mobility Coordinator, City of Long…
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Gabe x2
Gabe Klein, former director of the DC Department of Transportation will be giving not one, but two seminars at PSU on Friday. Both will be webcast: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Gabe Klein, Former Director of Washington, DC Department of Transportation Topic: The Past, Present and Future…
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Best of Class BRT
Here’s a Streetfilm about the BRT system in Guangzhou, China. The system has a number of attributes worth emulating: Pre-boarding payment – ala Curitiba Direct routing – buses enter and leave the BRT corridor Bicycle facilities constructed in coordination with the transit corridor A bike share system integrated with the transit system An integrated payment…
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The Addressable, Queryable Bus Stop?
Sometimes as I’m browsing through the too many RSS feeds I subscribe to, I’m struck by an interesting intersection between two items from different sources. That happened this weekend when I noted this comment (from regular commenter Dave H) on the open thread: I’m not sure if anyone here is familiar with QR Codes, but…
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Pedestrian Safety Bill at the Legislature
A note from Portland’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC): Senate Bill 424 has a Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday March 29, 8:30 AM. This is the Crosswalk Safety Bill (formerly known as the Hand Signal Bill) requested by the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition. In past years, the PAC has encouraged and supported this legislation.…