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TriMet Unveils All-Electric Test Bus
TriMet held a press event today to unveil an all-electric bus. The bus is on loan to the agency by the manufacturer, BYD Motors, for testing and demonstration purposes for the next two weeks. I attended the event today, took a short demo ride, and interviewed TriMet and BYD representatives for this video. The bus…
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82nd Avenue Transportation Workshop
From the Active Rights of Way (AROW) mailing list: If you are interested in improving 82nd Avenue, please get this meeting on your calendar; September 24 at 7:00 PM. One of the often mentioned obstacles to improving 82nd Avenue is that it’s under ODOT jurisdiction. Your attendance at this meeting will help give our public…
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Portland Afoot is throwing a party
to celebrate its second birthday. And you’re invited. The happenings are happening this Thursday, July 26, at Backspace (115 NW 5th Avenue), starting at 6:30. The party is being sponsored by Zipcar and Widmer Brothers Brewery. Admission to the event is free, and the first 50 groups of three or more that show up with…
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Upcoming Jarrett Walker talks in Oregon
Well-known transportation planning consultant (and native Portlander) Jarrett Walker, who wrote the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich our Communities and our Lives, and authors the blog Human Transit, will have two speaking engagements in Oregon. The first, down in Lane County, will be entitled “Eugene-Springfield Transit: What are the…