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Continuing to Invest in our Local Streetcar Manufacturing Capacity
The good news this morning is that the Federal Transit Administration has awarded $2.4M to TriMet (most of it will eventually flow to Oregon Iron Works) for the purpose of using our prototype streetcar to investigate and develop: A U.S.-made (Rockwell) propulsion system Battery technology that would allow the vehicle to operate for some distance…
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Perspectives on Bikes and Transit
Last year I had the opportunity to help draft the chapter on bicycle and transit integration in the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2035. So when I learned that a University of Colorado researcher was organizing a focus group on the topic here in Portland, I asked for the chance to sit in. A couple of…
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KBOO Bike Show: North Portland Greenway
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.0MB) Learn all about “npGreenway” the proposed trail from St. Johns to downtown.
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: npGreenway
The North Portland Greenway (aka npGreenway) project seeks to create an off-street trail from St. Johns to downtown, much of it overlooking the river. Learn more about the project on tomorrow’s show. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, April 7th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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Hope for Transit Operations?
Congressional surface transportation chair Jim Oberstar is reported by Streetsblog to be in support of allowing Federal formula funds for transit to be used for operations, not just capital. Interestingly, APTA (the association of transit agencies) has historically been opposed to this. Now perhaps if Congress offered additional funds for operations…