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Rubber Sidewalks Follow-up
I did make it out to Gresham last Tuesday to catch the presentation on Rubber Sidewalks. In the small world department, it turns out that the VP of the company giving the presentation is the brother of one of my fellow neighborhood activists in NW (which I didn’t discover until several days after the presentation).…
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Rubber Sidewalks
This one has captured my curiousity. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to the presentation, but I’m going to try: Rubbersidewalks™ Presentation Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Hosted by: City of Gresham Transportation Department Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Parkway Gresham Oregon Barlow/Oregon Rooms In person: The…
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Quantifying Walkability
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jamie Parks, Kittelson Associates, Inc. Topic: Quantifying Walkability – Toward an Objective and Reliable Measure of the Pedestrian Environment. When: Friday, November 17, 2006, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center (www.pdx.edu/map.html)
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Shoot, Ready, Aim
I’m a big fan of curb extensions, for their benefits to pedestrians, cyclists and (sometimes) parking. So I’m delighted that several are being added to NW 21st Avenue as part of the bikeways and pedestrian safety programs. But I was aghast last Friday to see that some genius had decided to construct the extensions at…
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Progress from Tragedy?
Almost a year ago I had the sad occassion to write about a pedestrian fatality just around the corner from my home. It’s possible that some good may come out of this. The neighborhood association has been aggressively working with PDOT to improve safety on NW 21st and 23rd. PDOT has already re-signed the streets…