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Bikeability and the Twenty-Minute Neighborhood
I am seriously bummed that I have a conflict. I will catch the video for sure: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Nathan McNeil, MURP graduate and Research Associate in the Center for Transportation Studies, Portland State University Topic: Bikeability and the Twenty-Minute Neighborhood: Exploring How Infrastructure and…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: The New Guy
Rob Sadowski, the new executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, is interviewed. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, October 6th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Welcome to Streetcar Switch Central
The Streetcar re-opened on Monday after a two-week shutdown to install new track in the Pearl District. A very complicated set of switches, crossovers and merges create the new “Northrup Loop”. I’m celebrating because this represents the culmination of advocacy that I’ve been conducting since the Loop was first proposed shortly after the original alignment…
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The Case for Streetcars
Via Planetizen: Made very eloquently by Professor Patrick Condon.
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CRC Light Rail to Get Stand Alone Vote
Some interesting politics in Clark County played out today as the C-Tran board, over the objections of the City of Vancouver, decided to place two measures on the ballot next year, one for existing bus service and one specifically for light rail. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt had argued for one combined ballot measure.