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Global Warming to Affect Transport
A National Research Council report released Tuesday states that America’s transportation infrastructure is at risk due to the effects of global warming. Severe weather and rising water levels will impact roadways, railroads, and airports. The report recommends cooperative efforts in transportation planning between federal, state, and local agencies, inventory and retrofit of critical infrastructure, and…
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Reducing the Climate Impact of the Transportation System
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Lewison Lem, Principal Consultant, PB Topic: Taming the Dragon: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Transportation System When: Friday, March 7, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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Climate Change Integration Group Report
From Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder: Attached is a big file, the final report of the Climate Change Integration Group (PDF, 1.9M), set up by the Governor to make recommendations on how Oregon should respond to and try to counteract, global warming. In particular, check out the section on reducing vehicle miles traveled on page 50-54.…
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Sustainable Urban Logistics
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Erkki Timmerbacka, Senior Consultant, Establish United Logistics Group (Finland Oy) Topic: Sustainable Urban Logistics (SeuLo) When: Friday, February 29, 2008, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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The Greening of the Suburbs
A post on Planetizen today offers a link to a Newsday article discussing the future of suburbs in America. Triggered by recent efforts in Nassau County, New York, Scott Carlin, an associate professor of geography at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, offers suggestions for reversing the trends of individualism and consumerism and…