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Students Convene on Transportation at U of O
7th Annual Region X Student Transportation Conference On Friday, November 13th, the University of Oregon will be hosting the 7th Annual Region X Student Transportation Conference. Students from transportation-related programs in Northwestern universities are invited to attend to present their work and hear about what other students are doing in the transportation field. Keynote speaker…
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Medic on a Motorcycle
An article in today’s O explores how Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue is dealing with the increasing difficulty of getting fire engines through congested traffic. Some of the ideas include having paramedics arrive on motorcycles instead of fire trucks (already done in some Asian cities), use of traffic cams to direct emergency personnel and installing…
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Sharing and Openness
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robin Chase, founder and former CEO of Zipcar, founder and current CEO of GoLoco and Meadow Networks Topic: How Sharing and Openness Should Play a Critical Role in Our Transportation Future When: Friday, March 13, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban…
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Loaded Orygun: Driver Self-Interest and the CRC
Loaded Orygun has an interesting post today which delves into some counter-intuitive theories about driver behavior, including how increasing capacity can lead to increased congestion, even at times when other variables like demand are maintained. It then goes on to speculate about the potential connection of those theories to the impacts of the CRC proposal.…
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Equity in Regional Transportation
Updated: 2/10/09 Metro has put a video of the presentation online. Some readers may be particularly interested in the comments on the equity of rail vs. bus investments. Original Post: 1/22/09 Metro Councilor Robert Liberty would like cordially invite you to Metro’s Transportation Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Thomas Sanchez. The title of his speech is…