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Video Feature – Neil McFarlane Interview – Part 1
Last week, we sat down with TriMet’s new General Manager, Neil McFarlane, for an interview featuring your questions. We have over 40 minutes of material. So that people can digest this via YouTube and comment, the interview has been divided into five segments, the first of which is shown today: This segment provides some background…
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Transportation Blogger Coming to Town
From Metro: Dear MPAC, JPACT and TPAC Members, Alternates and Interested Parties: Please join Council President David Bragdon in welcoming Jarrett Walker to Metro for a brown bag presentation focused on transportation planning options. Jarrett Walker is a transit planning consultant and the author of the popular transit weblog humantransit.org. What: Jarrett Walker Brown Bag…
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Your Questions for Neil
Neil McFarlane will soon take over at TriMet in the role that has been filled for some time now by Fred Hansen. PortlandTransport has arranged to do an on-camera, sit-down interview with Neil shortly after he assumes the new job. The date has not been finalized, but in advance of that, I’d like to solicit…
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Miscellaneous Links for the Weekend
A few things to keep you entertained: TriMet launches a mobile web site How is a parking space different from a toilet? Metro adopts Regional Transportation Plan after four years of process.
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New Low-car Magazine Launches
Portland Afoot is a “A four-page monthly newsmagazine about low-car life in Portland, Oregon” according to its publisher, Michael Andersen. The “micro-publication” will be available in both online and paper forms. Full disclosure: I am a board member of Portland in the Round, the parent organization of Portland Afoot.