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A Bluetooth Bike Lock
I just put up $79 for an interesting Kickstarter project that plans to create a Bluetooth-controlled bike lock. This would be perfect for my daughter, who has a bad habit of losing her keys – of course, she also sometimes loses her phone, but since you can authorize more than one phone, there’s a simpler…
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Another View on Technology Driving a Reduction in Driving
Via Planetizen: U.S. PIRG has a new report (PDF) about how apps and other technology are affecting our propensity for driving. It’s not just about apps that tell us when the bus is coming. It’s car- and bike-sharing, telework, e-commerce, smart-phone adoption, social media and a variety of other factors including combining multiple modes (bike…
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Oregonian Editorial Board Hearts Uber
The paper-of-record-that’s-no-longer-on-my-front-step comes down squarely on the side of innovation in supporting Uber‘s case before the Private for-Hire Transportation Board of Review. I agree. While we continue to need regulation for passenger safety and to prevent abuses, transportation technology is evolving much more quickly than our regulatory framework, and the regulators need to put on their…
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What Should We Tell the Drivers?
Join us for a SPECIAL Transportation Seminar next Monday, August 5th Speaker: Professor Klaus Bogenberger Topic: Measuring the Quality of Traveler Traffic Information As we all know, the quality of traffic information is usually defined in terms of quantitative technical characteristics that relate almost exclusively to the way that the information is broadcast. This ignores…
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Buy Your Fare on Your Phone
Sick of those ticket machines? TriMet’s working with a local company on an app to buy your ticket…