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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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TriMet APIs Keep Getting Better
TriMet is holding their second developer event, a hackathon, in conjunction with the Open Source Bridge conference in a couple of weeks. Today, in preparation for the hackathon, TriMet released version 2 of their arrivals API, including information on detours, delayed vehicles and even experimental features like how heavily loaded a bus is… The also…
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Transforming Transportation Through Connectivity
PSU Transportation Seminar: Speaker: Robert Bertini, Professor, Portland State University Topic: Transforming Transportation Through Connectivity When: Friday, June 6, 2014 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstract: The transportation system is the backbone of the United States’ economy, and transportation is an essential part of everyday life for American citizens.…
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Your Questions For Neil, “Round 5”, Part 4 – Potpourri
And now, the final segment of our video interview with TriMet’s Neil McFarlane. This episode, “Potpourri”, featuring a variety of your questions. Topics include: Bikes on MAX cars – are there ways to add capacity? Bike parking and bikeshare at MAX stations TriMet’s take on carbon emissions – what will it take to get to…
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A Bluetooth-powered Augmented Reality Vision of the Future
The folks at GlobeSherpa are thinking big. I love their new video (and the suggestion that you could take a Streetcar from downtown to North Williams): Here’s the full post describing their vision.