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Rose Festival Open Thread
Starlight parade is tomorrow night, and TriMet wants you to know they’ll be there. The state Senate has approved Gov. Brown’s two picks for the TriMet board: Shelley Martin, an executive with Fred Meyer, representing Disctrict 3 (SW Portland); and Lori Bauman, a lawyer, representing District 4 (SE Portland). Both take office effective immediately. TriMet’s…
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Post Tax Open Thread
OK, it’s a full week since the Ides of April, but another open thread for everyone. Portland has legalized (for now) uber and Lyft. One condition placed on uber and Lyft drivers is a city business license. Taxi drivers and cab companies are, naturally, unhappy. TriMet toots its horn about service increases leading to ridership…
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Great Eight Open Thread
The Great Eight in the NCAA tourney are now set, the Final Four will be decided by Sunday. Time for another Open Thread. Oregon Business encourages greater private-sector (and public/private) participation in transit. The population of the Portland/Vancouver MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) is now estimated to be 2.35M. (Note: The “MSA” is defined to include…
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Daylight Savings Open Thread
Some of the latest happening in Portland-area transportation and land use. As mentioned last time, the Powell/Division Steering Committee further narrows down the project alignment next Wednesday. The preferred alignment seems to be Tilikum to 12th to Powell to 82nd to Division to Hogan to Stark to Kane to MHCC. Along this stretch, most of…
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Valentines Day Open Thread
Today is Valentine’s Day, and Oregon’s birthday to boot. For it’s birthday, the Beaver State gets a new governor, as John Kitzhaber will resign next week. The Willamette Week takes a look at Oregon’s governor-to-be, Kate Brown. As Governor, she will have the power to fire and appoint TriMet’s board of directors. She has plenty…